Until earlier today, I hadn’t spoken with George Douglas, spokesperson for the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in five years; I had interviewed him in 2010 in preparation for my first book, “Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies.” During …
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Though it’s on my to-do list, I haven’t yet visited the Getty Villa, the sight of J. Paul Getty’s magnificent collection of antiquities. Checking out the video on the website linked above just now made me wonder about who Getty …
Frequent commenter and all-around cool guy Brian McGowan just sent me this post from EmmKay. Wow, that says it all, doesn’t it? Nice job to you both.
I spend a couple of hours every day working on my new book, whose working title is “Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose.” Would you like to help? As the name suggests, it’s …
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In October, I plan to spend two happy days down at the University of California at Santa Barbara for a symposium that is part of their ongoing “Academic Initiative in Sustainability,” called “Sustainable Materials and Product Design.” Topics to be …
Here’s an amusing list of 25 actual predictions that were absolutely wrong. I hope you’ll take a few minutes and enjoy them. My current book project is essentially a take-off on this subject. We’re told, largely by the vested interests …
When it comes to PR in the energy business, I must confess that I have a suspicious mind. For example, when I see a billboard like this one pictured here, I somehow believe that it must be some sort of …
Public Relations in the Energy Business Normally Means Someone’s Lying Read More »
Here’s a short video–a sort of primer on grid operation called “How the lights stay on.” And another more advanced one on the economics and logistics of grid operation. Their creator quips, “I made them simple enough that a congressman can …
Here’s something I think readers will enjoy; I know I did. It’s a five-question online quiz called “Got Science?” created by The Union of Concerned Scientists, in which you’ll be asked to choose between real science and the bullcrap being …
Union of Concerned Scientists Offer Online Quiz on Environmental Science — Great Fun Read More »
It’s the birthday of Louis Leakey, a founding figure in modern anthropology. Per the Writer’s Almanac: In 1948, Leakey and his wife found one of the earliest fossil ape skulls ever discovered; it was between 25 and 40 million years …
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