Author: craigshields

Each month, we read more about the battle heating up between the traditional energy industry (the providers of fossil fuels, power generation, transmission, and distribution) – versus renewable energy.  But aren’t they natural enemies?  Can anyone be too shocked that …

Earth Day – a Good Time to Bury the Hatchet With Respect to Clean Energy Read More »

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Here’s a conversation the essence of which I have frequently.  An inventor, in this case, one Lyle Bates, has a patent on an idea related to renewable energy and wants to raise the investment capital necessary to build it.  There’s …

Many Renewable Energy Concepts Are Physically Possible but Economically Unfeasible Read More »

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Mark Z. Jacobson is a researcher at Stanford University who has made a splash recently with his findings that, both technologically and economically, it’s possible for us to migrate away from fossil fuels in the direction of renewable energy.  He’s …

How Feasible Is a Migration Away from Fossil Fuels, Technologically and Economically? Read More »

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One of the entrepreneurs whose project is included on our list of the clean energy business investment opportunities just sent me this article from Time Magazine on biofuels.  The author’s point, in brief, is that we tend to underestimate the damage …

The Impact of Biofuels Read More »

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I spent most of the afternoon yesterday with 2GreenEnergy intern Louis de Saint Phalle, talking about the project he’s working on: a set of articles that will lay out the main issues associated with the adoption of renewable energy.  The …

National Security and Renewable Energy Read More »

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There have been several articles about defecting from the grid talked about here as well as reshaping what the grid means to us and what it should now do for us. While defecting from the grid may not seem likely, …

From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Defection from the Grid? Read More »

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Biomass briquettes are solid biofuel made from agriculture waste or bio waste under high mechanical pressure with the help of biomass briquetting press machine. It is the process of recycling bio waste material and turn into useful solid biofuel without …

From Guest Blogger Deepi Makwana: Biomass Briquettes – Substitute To Fossil Fuels Read More »

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Here’s an article that attempts to identify the least environmentally offensive source of energy.  It’s very good, and the bar chart explains this very forcefully. One conclusion that anyone would draw is that anything except fossil fuels – especially coal …

Establishing the Greenest Source of Energy Read More »

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It’s always heartening to see the will of the people vindicated, and it appears that this is exactly what’s happening in the food industry.  It looks like the state legislature in Vermont will be forcing Monsanto to label its GMO-based …

Celebrating a Victory for the People of Vermont – Even If It’s Not in Renewable Energy   Read More »

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This week, I’ve run into several politically active Californians who want to add my signature to a petition that would put fracking on the ballot in November.  I presume what they mean by this is that they want a public …

Fracking May Wind Up on the Ballot in California Read More »

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