I am a believer in the concept of sharing as a core tool to drive sustainability. Perhaps the most obvious manifestations that we’re starting to see today are in transportation: ride-sharing and, increasingly popular, car-sharing. I just can’t imagine living …
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High Concentration Solar Photovoltaic Thermal
A reader sent me this article of “high-concentration solar PV thermal” http://dailyfusion.net/2013/04/new-high-concentration-photovoltaic-thermal-system-will-collect-80-of-solar-energy-6391/ and asks: do you believe Concentrated Solar Power or ‘High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal’ is still 30-40 years away?
Climate Change Winners and Losers – Where Do Wine-Makers Sit?
As I’m sure readers here have observed, my opinions on climate change are taken directly and exclusively from the 97+% of mainstream climate scientists, some of whom I know personally, that tell us two things: • anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is …
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Desertification and Climate Change – Affecting People in Over 110 Countries
In the course of a phone conversation I had yesterday with a young man looking for advice about a career in renewable energy, he happened to mention this Ted Talk, about a fascinating idea to stem desertification in Africa. The …
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On the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes on my recent post concerning the EV adoption rate: Your source states that 67,200 EV’s have been sold this year, but that number is a worldwide total sales figure. Total worldwide sales of ICE’s are …
Young People Jumping Into Distributed Generation, Efficiency, and Conservation
A reader just emailed me to say: I saw your post referring to an article about Norway investing in alternative energy while I was doing some research on solar power. I enjoyed it very much and was glad you shared …
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No Fracking in France
Anyone who expects the French to fall in line with conventional thinking on energy (or on anything, really) grossly misunderstands these people. Part of what attracts me to their culture is that they couldn’t care less what the rest of …
The "Nuclear Renaissance" Was Cancelled
Here’s an article that makes the same point that I have put forth a few dozen times: there is no nuclear renaissance. At the core of the discussion is the simple and unavoidable fact that nuclear is fantastically expensive – even …
Norway and Renewable Energy
Writing for EmpowerTheOcean, my colleague Emma Websdale notes that Norway may be making a huge investment in renewable energy, and that, if it happens, …. “it will be an unprecedented shift in both the global investment community and also for …
Electric Vehicle Sales Takes Rocket Ride
I hope readers will check this out: electric vehicle sales are going through the roof. Apparently, the phenomenon I predicted has started to kick in: falling prices, better range, and lots of word of mouth from really ecstatic customers. Now, …
