It saddens me when I hear someone say something like, “Oh, I’m not into politics.” While I deeply sympathize with folks who are frustrated by government, I wonder if they know that the word “politics” derives from the Greek politikos, …
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From Guest Blogger Heather Roberts: Non-Green Household Cleaning Products to Avoid
There is a staggeringly high number of toxins hiding in most common household cleaning products on the market. The following article will give you some information on what you can expect to find in the most common cleaning products out …
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Renewable Energy Books Pose No Great Threat To J. K. Rowling or Stephen King
A friend in the UK and I were just comparing notes on how hard it is to sell huge volumes of books. While this is true, I pointed out that I don’t regret the enormous amount of time I’ve invested …
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Speaking of Sustainable Building Practices….
Are you completely calm when you stand up and speak in public? If so, you’re one of extremely few Homo sapiens who has somehow escaped the plague that affects the rest of us. I will be the emcee at a …
Electric Vehicles’ Low Cost Per Mile
A reader sent me this piece on the low cost per mile of driving electric vehicles. Not to sound ungrateful, but I point out that EVs’ cost per mile is a fairly uninteresting statistic. It’s already ridiculously low; saving a …
Richard Branson and “Climate Capitalism”
Linked below is an article by my colleague Emma Websdale who writes for the wonderful website on OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion) called “EmpowerTheOcean.” Here, she addresses billionaire Richard Branson’s belief that the process of mitigating climate change provides marvelous …
Energy Manager Today
Here’s a recent piece of mine that Energy Manager Today ran earlier this week – an article on the CBS “60 Minutes” outrageous mistreatment of the cleantech industry.
Infocast’s Annual “Storage Week” Show
Next week I’ll be headed up to Santa Clara (about three hours’ drive north from here) for Infocast’s Annual “Storage Week” show. The event’s producers claim that storage is headed for “hockey stick” growth over the coming few years, and …
Regrettable Division Among Those Concerned About Climate Change: Anti-nuclear and Pro-nuclear
The author of this article is 100% correct: there are two opposing factions among those of us who believe that action is necessary to deal with climate change: anti-nuclear and pro-nuclear. His assertion that “divided we fall” is also accurate; …
Ayn Rand’s Philosophy and Sustainability
While U.S. football fans spent last Sunday eating and drinking their way through the Super Bowl, few noticed that it was also the birthday of Ayn Rand, author of philosophic novels. Her concept, as we all know, is that individual creativity, …
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