Here’s an interview I conducted earlier today with Megan Birney, Energy Manager at Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council. Megan explains her organization’s program to encourage the installation of solar photovoltaics at local non-profits.
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Advanced Rail Energy Storage
About a year ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to a meeting of the executive team of ARES, Advanced Rail Energy Storage, a company with a unique concept that competes against pumped hydro. I hope you’ll check out …
Monsanto's Forcing GMOs on Us Is Disgusting, But It's a Symptom of a Larger Problem
I’m happy to note that my brother Geoff’s side of the Shields family is vigorously checking out the Monsanto/GMO issue. My nephew Tyler (pictured here left of Geoff) is passing around a film documentary on the subject. Way to go, …
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Saudi Arabia Implementing Concentrated Solar Power
As presented here, I’m glad to see the Saudis implementing CSP (concentrated solar power) as a significant portion of their energy plans. It looks like MIT and Siemens have crafted a “hybrid” of CSP and fossil fuels, to create higher …
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Tagged with: concentrated solar power, CSP, hybrid of CSP and fossil fuels, MIT, Saudi Arabia, Siemens, Solar Thermal
Piezoelectric Generation in Roadways
Regarding my response on piezoelectric generation in roadways, Nick writes: I had no idea they produced such a small amount of energy though I did realize they were expensive. Well, I haven’t done the math, but just following the broad …
Film Project: Energy and Ethics
2GreenEnergy co-founder George Alger and I are in the process of making a five-minute video on “Ethics and Energy” to be entered in a contest later in the year. As we currently contemplate the project, the video will feature me …
Tagged with: agribusiness, Amazon rain forest, big energy, clean energy, climate refugees, depletion of natural resources, eco-friendly, Ethics and Energy, farm land desertification, fossil fuels, global climate change, global warming, global warming hoax, Heartland Institute, mass starvation, mega-corporations, oil companies, poisoning food with chemicals, polluting oceans skies, Renewable Energy, rising sea levels, skyrocketing rates of disease, sustainability, worlds population
Piezoelectric Generators
Nicholas writes: I just wanted to put the idea forward of piezoelectric generators. As I read an article on them a little while ago about some Israeli engineers testing them on a stretch of highway. They spoke about storing some …
From Guest Blogger Richard Miller: How to Start a Career in Renewable Energy
In this economy, nothing seems settled anymore. If you are even the slightest bit unhappy in your current profession, or you haven’t yet settled on one yet, then never fear: there are options available to you. Set about putting your …
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From Guest-Blogger Lynne: How to Position Your Company as a Green Leader
Although green initiatives began back in the 1970s, few companies and individuals were motivated to take serious action to protect the environment and focus on sustainability. In recent years, however, the target of living green has taken hold, dominating the …
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SAT Question Stimulates Thoughts on Oil Dependence
When I signed my daughter up to take the SATs, the organization that administers the test asked if I wanted to receive, via email, the “SAT Question of the Day.” I eagerly agreed. I love little quizzes, and I look …
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