Sunday’s hike took a friend and me to the top of the Santa Ynez Mountains, from which I took this photo of the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands about 15 miles off the coast. That little strip at the …
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Wind Energy and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
A reader asks for my viewpoint on wind energy and concentrated solar power (CSP). She writes: Hello! I have been doing a lot of research on CSP and wind power. I want to know your opinion on which is better …
From Guest Blogger Theo Schmidt: Lesser Known Facts about Water Conservation
It is widely known knowledge that only 1% of earth’s water is actually usable for human purposes. While we do have efficient ways to make this small amount work for us, there are things we all can and should do …
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Tagged with: water conservation
In the Battle of the Sexes, Who’s the Driver Behind a Solar PV Purchase?
Here’s an amusing little tidbit on the purchase of rooftop solar I just came across: “Researchers Raina Russo of SolarChat and Glenna Wiseman of Identity3 compiled some initial results from their survey of American women and mothers about solar power …
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Americans Largely Unconcerned About Climate Change
According to a Gallup Poll taken last month, only 35% of Americans say they worry “a great deal” about climate change, a significantly smaller fraction than 43% of the population who say they worry about the subject “only a little …
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The Long and Fascinating History of Solar Energy
Here are all 10 parts of a video I recorded recently on the history of solar energy. It’s an interview with John Perlin, author and scholar-in-residence in the physics department at the University of California at Santa Barbara. John is …
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From Guest Blogger Jason: How Green is My Steel Industry?
Steel is a critical part of modern civilization. The steel industry is an economic driving force that provides the materials for a wide range of other industries. The production of steel has historically also been a very dirty process that …
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Tagged with: energy efficient furnaces, environmentally-conscious, green, green it, green tech, recycling steel, steel, steel industry
From Guest Blogger Brett: The UK Government Energy Fact File 2013 Reveals How We Use Energy in Our Homes
The UK government has recently released the UK Housing Energy Fact File 2013 and there are a fair few interesting points to come out of it, as the following infographic shows, with an analysis below.
From Guest Blogger Sabahat: Time to Give an Unwelcoming Welcome to Whitewashing’s New Partner in Crime: Greenwashing
In recent years, we’ve all seen a drastic increase in these Green terms when it comes to technology : “Energy efficient” “Lead Free monitors” “Eco Friendly [Can be Recycled] “Sustainable”
ExxonMobil Responds To Investors’ Concerns re: the Report of the International Panel on Climate Change
I had a lengthy breakfast meeting yesterday with 2GreenEnergy’s intern Louis de Saint Phalle, during which we spoke about the overall state of the world vis-à-vis climate change and the fossil fuel industry that, according to our scientists, is the …
