Frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me this piece on sustainable land management, noting: “I thought this might interest you. Makes a case for reintroduction of large numbers of bison to the western plains. This also ties into the 20 minute TED …
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Military and Commercial Microgrids
There are many different ways that the future of energy provisioning can go in radical and exciting new directions. One, as I often mention, is our standard utility model, but given a major shake-up so as to integrate an ever-greater …
From Guest Blogger Heather Legg: Making Your Wedding a Green Event
White isn’t the only color for brides these days. More and more weddings are pulling off a green theme along with their color scheme and paying attention to the environment as well as pulling off a smash wedding. It’s not …
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Tagged with: environment, environmentally-friendly, Flower, green, Green wedding, planning, Shopping, sustainable living, wedding, wedding dress, Weddings
Are We On a Path to Sustainability?
A dear friend wrote me just now, apparently a bit depressed about all the green-washing, all the public ignorance and apathy surrounding sustainability, and all the complexities in determining which projects truly are more eco-friendly than others. She mentioned my …
If the Move To Renewables Is Inevitable, Why Not Do It Now?
Here’s a question for you: When you listen to the debates in English Parliament, and hear how people with opposing viewpoints heckle and interrupt one another, doesn’t your skin crawl? Mine does. These people have such incredible manners on most …
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Talking Renewable Energy on a Conservative Radio Talk-Show
An old friend from high school has invited me to be a guest on his radio show which takes a conservative perspective on the topics of the day. I’ll be on for an hour to talk to him and entertain …
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New Pyrolysis Project: MSW to Electricity
I’ll soon be updating our list of renewable energy investment opportunities, as I’ve come across a few more that I think are excellent. One is a municipal solid waste (MSW) to electricity via pyrolysis project in a small, stable, but …
Estimating the Externalities of Fossil Fuels Isn’t an Easy Job
I sympathize with those tasked with putting a precise dollar figure on the externalities of fossil fuels. Sure we know there are costs to society in terms of lung damage and long-term environmental damage, but what are they? The story …
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High Voltage Direct Current Transmission
In a piece I wrote yesterday on clean energy power density, I mentioned that renewable resources do, in fact, come with a number of limitations, owing mainly to the fact that the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light we receive at ground level from …
Tagged with: accumulated solar energy over a period of hundreds of millions of years, clean energy power density, connection of disparate AC grids, High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, high voltage transmission, HVDC, importing energy from remote areas, migrating to renewables, minimize line losses, movement of bulk amounts of electrical power over vast distances, renewable resources, subsea transmission of electricity
Humankind's Fate Lies in Its Energy Policy
Of all the great minds whose essays I read on the world energy scene and its surrounding geopolitical implications (global hostility, climate change, world economics, etc.) Michael T. Klare just may be my favorite. Dr. Klare: … is The Five …
Tagged with: Americans for Prosperity, billionaire Koch brothers, Citizens for a Sound Economy, consequences of climate change, Era of Renewable Energy, fossil fuels, How to Fry a Planet, Hurricane Sandy, Koch-Sponsored Misinformation, Michael T. Klare, migration to renewables, sustainable course for humankind
