Deutsche Post DHL is the result of the privatization of Germany’s post office and its merger with parcel and logistics giant DHL; its operations around the globe generate annual revenues exceeding 51 billion Euros. Last week, Deutsche Post DHL passed …
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Advocates of Various Forms of Low-Carbon Energy Should Not Fight One Another
The advocacy group for molten sale thorium reactors I came across recently is composed of some really smart people who understand the mechanisms behind climate disruption very well. But astonishingly, many members of the group see solar and wind as …
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Ikea Brings Solar-Powered Lighting to the World’s Refugees
The world’s 10.5 million refugees (almost half of whom are children) have a variety of tragic stories to tell about how some environmental or political/military disaster caused them to flee their native lands. Needless to say, life without a home …
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Wanted: “New and Unique Ideas” to Address World Energy Policy
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech titled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University. The speech was the first time he explained …
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Renewable Energy Advocates Shop at Trader Joe’s
Click “read more” for a shot I took in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s. Needless to say, there’s a wonderful correlation of demographics between TJ’s shoppers and renewable energy advocates; it’s the same reason that one sees lots of Volvos …
Materials Science Breakthrough at MIT Will Greatly Improve Efficiencies of All Thermal Power Plants
Here’s a video made by a PhD student at MIT that illustrates how rapidly energy-related technology is evolving, and how this will effect a migration to renewables far faster than most people believe to be possible.
From Guest Blogger Blake Meredith: The Evolution of Electric Car Conversions
Electric and hybrid vehicles have significantly increased in popularity over the last decade. It’s no wonder, since their great gas mileage and eco-friendly nature are desirable qualities for anyone looking to purchase a new vehicle. However, the price point of …
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Sustainable Politics: We Want Our Democracy Back – And It Appears We Just May Get It
Here’s the brand new video from Mayday, the crowd-funded PAC (political action committee) to end all PACs, issued the day after we had our first major victory. I have to admit that there are tears of joy in my eyes …
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Will Google Sit Around And Watch the World of 20th Century Fossil Fuels Destroy the Planet?
My colleague Gary Tulie is helping me with some of the research and writing surrounding my current book project (working title: “Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose”). To that end, he recently sent …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Turning Wind Energy in Baseload with Compressed Air Energy Storage
Question: We all know that power-purchase agreements are being signed in various parts of the world, e.g., the plains states of the U.S. –at under three cents/kWh, far less than the cost of producing energy from coal. But wind is …
