Apparently, Robert Hargraves carries a PhD in physics from Brown University. I say “apparently,” because he authored this list of 12 statements about the nuclear power industry in the EnergyCollective, which is largely a combination of meaningless half-truths and complete …
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Breakthrough in Carbon Capture and Sequestration?
I like to take my own advice on the use of social media and spend some time blogging on other sites related to clean energy. To that end, I just commented on an article that presented an ostensible breakthrough in …
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A Few Effects of Climate Change Are Good (Though I Don't Think the Polar Bear Pictured Here In the Arctic Ocean Is Too Keen on Hearing About Them)
Although the overall consequences of climate change are terrible (desertification, sea level rise, floods, storms, wildfires, more disease-carrying insects, loss of biodiversity, etc.), there are some accidental consequences that are positive, e.g., lower heating fuel bills in certain parts of …
World Economic Powers U.S. and China Are Trading Places
Can anyone look at this graphic and conclude that the U.S. is going the right way in terms of economic leadership? Fortunately, the subject matter here is cars – admittedly an important component of world industry now, but (I predict) …
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The Validity of Electric Transportation
In response to my recent piece on electric transportation in Seeking Alpha, EV naysayer Glenn Doty writes a response that concludes: “I just don’t get how any environmentalist could support these. If the people who buy solar panels and a …
Coal-fired Power Plants And the Metaphors We Use To Describe Them
Maybe I’m the only member of an aging population who grimaces when young people today show that they don’t really understand the metaphors that had meaning in the 20th Century. Here are two: An “elephant in the room” and an …
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Clean Business Investment Summit Has Investors Jumping In With Both Feet
I just got back from a great day at the University of California at Santa Barbara, host of the 14th annual Clean Business Investment Summit. “CBIS” is an enterprise, not unlike our own here at 2GreenEnergy, which is an attempt …
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Electric Transportation Has a Future, Despite Its Naysayers
Here’s an “InstaBlog” I wrote on SeekingAlpha.com, in which I explain why I think EV naysayer-from-hell John Petersen is wrong, and that electric transportation generally, and Tesla Motors in particular, are not doomed because of a shortage of some obsolete …
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New Natural Gas Power Plants in Turkmenistan
Apparently, the power needs of Turkmenistan are going through the roof, and GE will be building facilities to use their “aeroderivative” natural gas turbines to supply this need. This leaves the reader wondering: were any renewable resources at least considered? …
From Guest Blogger John McMalcolm: Go Green When Heating Up for Winter
When winter comes around, most households and offices need to use more energy to stay warm. Increased use of energy does not only raise utility bills; it can also have a negative impact on the environment. The production of energy …
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