Here’s an article that underscores something I firmly believe: the concept of car ownership, a paradigm of the American lifestyle in the 20th Century, is on its way out. Just as a generation decided it no longer needed a telephone that …
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My participation in last week’s Energy Efficiency Summit also enabled me to talk about Doty Windfuels, under the heading of synthetic fuels more generally. One of the presenters cheerfully reported that one of the graduate students he’s mentoring had outlined …
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I have some small level of input into the creation of Jon Lesage’s newsletter on alternate fuel vehicles; I participate in a monthly conference call with perhaps 7 – 8 other people. As a consequence, I’m always anxious to see what …
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Jillian Seymour, a 2GreenEnergy supporter and college student living in Lyon, France called me the other day, as I had agreed to an interview in which I would provide my advice on careers in renewable energy. In the course of …
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Here’s an article that communicates the truth of the clean energy scene i.e., that fossil fuels have more than enough clout in this world to have survived the short-term threat to their existence, and will remain prominent in the global …
A friend sent me this piece on taxing electric vehicle drivers, and wrote: I haven’t seen anything that has gotten me this angry in a while. This is insane! And the comments so far seem to be reflective instead of …
Here’s an article on various proposed “carbon taxes” that I offer to stimulate conversation. It really has some nasty holes in it, which I’ll point out in advance: • The tables are useless, as they represent the grossest of double-counting. They …
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Now that the regulations on centralized control of news media have all but disappeared, we face the inevitable: multi-billionaires clamoring for ownership of the largest media outlets. Case in point: the Koch Brothers, worth about $50 billion, are attempting to …
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I don’t claim to know about what the utilities are really talking about behind closed doors. Reading between the lines, I would have to think the level of stress is starting to build, as numerous industry trends seem to militate …
I’m taking a break from the activities at this, the second and last day of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s annual Energy Efficiency Summit to write this short note. My friends at Eos Energy Storage would have been …
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