Most people know what solar power is. But there’s still plenty that we don’t know about the science. Some of the facts and the myths about solar energy get mixed up, which is why we’re going to share 5 definite …
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Renewable Energy – Following the Money
Pictured here is a proof copy of my third book, Renewable Energy – Following the Money. It’s in the final stages of proofreading, a considerable task. I really hate to have typos in my stuff, but it’s not easy to …
350.Org Hosts Community Rally
I was on my way to the beach yesterday when I happened to notice that the group environmentalist Bill McKibben runs, 350.Org, had set up a whole bunch of tents at the nearby park and were busy making presentations on …
Climate Change — Perhaps We Need a Greater Reverence for Science
Here’s an article that I urge our readers to check out on the apparent slow-down of global warming, a phenomenon predicted by our current climate models but not perfectly understood at this time. Obviously, the climate change deniers are going …
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Notes on Our Fossil-Fuel-Based Energy Policy
A reader asked for my comments on the following: I have just been reading about the various ways CO2 is captured from power plants and then transported and stored — underground and underwater. I don’t get it…we applaud companies for reducing their …
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From Guest Blogger Applied Environmentalist: Is LED Lighting Worth It?
Imagine every application that requires lighting in your commercial facility. Can’t wrap your head around it? Needless to say, lighting can be a huge percentage of your annual energy costs. Energy efficient lighting like LED wall packs or LED bollard lights can make a …
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Could the Price of Climate Change REALLY Be $60 Trillion?
What’s the real imperative of the migration to renewable energy and cutting back our consumption of fossil fuels via efficiency and conservation? Might you say: Climate change? We’ll, that certainly one good answer. Of course, there are half a dozen …
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Clean Energy Fraud Comes At Us Constantly
Here’s a conversation I just had with a reader – one that I have in various forms at the rate of several per month. Reader: Have you seen this yet? That’s why we need to get EVs in everyone’s hands. …
Raising Capital for Cleantech Ventures
I’ll be leaving home next Tuesday before dawn for a series of appointments in the Bay Area. Perhaps the meeting about which I’m most excited is with the San Francisco office of Greentech Capital Advisors. I’m constantly trying to expand …
Happy Birthday, Aldous Huxley – and a Note on Sustainability
Aldous Huxley would be 119 years old today. I read his Brave New World in a course I had in college called “Social Ideals and Ideal Societies,” which I took for a very noble reason: a pretty girl I liked …
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