Author: craigshields

Those who liked the uplifting video on climate disruption I posted yesterday featuring the Morgan Freeman voice-over will love this one–an expansion on the same theme.  It’s very action-oriented, i.e., “we have every reason to act–today.” Apparently, it was shown …

Powerful Video on Screen for World Leaders Attending U.N. Climate Convention Read More »

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Every day or so I get an email from a friend celebrating the wonderful innovation of Google’s driverless car.  I just responded to one: Sorry to be a wet blanket, but this does very little to take us in the …

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I wrote a post yesterday poking fun at French investment bank Kepler Chevreux for their analysis that they claim has dramatic implications for the global oil industry. They estimate: “$100 billion invested in either wind energy or solar energy – and …

Magicians Misdirect Their Audiences—So Do Energy Advocates Read More »

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IMO, John Oliver doesn’t get enough coverage of his terrifically insightful and hilariously funny commentary on life in the 21st Century.  Here’s a four-minute-long excerpt from his recent piece on climate change, including this exchange: Newscaster: According to a recent poll, …

John Oliver on Climate Disruption Read More »

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It is the birthday of Michael Faraday, whose discovery of the relationship between electricity and magnetism in the 1830s remains to this day one of the most important contributions to the well-being of humankind. By coincidence, I’m having lunch tomorrow …

On Michael Faraday and Wally Rippel Read More »

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I subscribe to the website Seeking Alpha for news about Tesla Motors, meaning that I receive perhaps three or four emails per day proffering opinions on the value of the company’s stock.  Needless to say, some of these make more …

Tesla Motors Get Lots of Ink in Seeking Alpha Read More »

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Want 63 seconds of inspiration to jumpstart your Monday morning?  Here’s Morgan Freeman’s video on climate action. Note the tone of this masterpiece: it’s not about scaring the viewer, or calling out the bad guys, or placing blame on piggish …

Climate Disruption, Climate Action Read More »

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Here’s an article that begins: French investment bank Kepler Chevreux has produced a fascinating analysis that has dramatic implications for the global oil industry. It estimates that $100 billion invested in either wind energy or solar energy – and deployed …

An Investment in Either Wind Energy or Solar Energy Will Produce More Energy Than an Investment in Oil–But What Are the Implications? Read More »

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The Renewable Heat Incentive is for everyone, whether for households, landlords, businesses, schools, hospitals and many more. It is a beneficial scheme which you can be used to save money and energy, both together! There have been various attempts to …

From Scottish Guest Blogger Conor Macguire: Renewable Heat Incentives Save You More Than Energy Read More »

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In a discussion of one of our cleantech investment opportunities that happen to implement wind energy with compressed air energy storage, a friend writes, “compressed air as a storage medium is a commodity along with other storage mediums, so the success …

Wind Energy and Compressed Air Energy Storage Represent Environmentally Friendly Baseload Power Read More »

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