Author: Craig Shields

I received an email from renewable energy rock star Bill Paul just now:  just fyi — following is from tom friedman’s column this morning.  Obama-ism posits that we are now in a hypercompetitive global economy, where the country that thrives …

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From today’s Tom Friedman column in the New York Times: Obama-ism posits that we are now in a hypercompetitive global economy, where the country that thrives will be the one that brings together the most educated, creative and diverse work …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb-Bg5DfPzI&w=445&h=364] Craig Shields predicts a paradigm shift in American consumers’ driving habits, based on increasing sensibilities re: sustainability. Citing the backlash against the fur industry in the 1960s, Craig predicts a larger-than-expected demand for electric vehicles based on his belief …

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In his blog, my friend Paul Scott has written a marvelous post on calculating the pollution caused by charging electric vehicles with energy from fossil-fuels. He makes several astute comments and suggestions regarding how the EPA should, in fact, make …

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I just spoke with Omar Passons — a terrific young man with a novel idea aimed at sustainability — a shuttle bus that would connect parts of cities that contain two or more islands with great deal of foot traffic, …

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“…Yesterday I listed a few of the hottest new innovations coming our way in clean tech. Here are a few more. DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab are developing a process to produce bio-butanol from seaweed. This project is funded through …

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“…Because energy has become a focus for innovation, things will start to move faster…The most important thing we did is make energy an interesting area for Ph.D. students over the last five years,” said Vinod Khosla at the inaugural ARPA-E …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9vAu4oqI0&w=445&h=364] Craig Shields, former Libertarian, speaks on the role of government should play in energy policy, citing the need for a level playing field for renewable energy.

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Transportation is a major cause of carbon emissions, so much so that it accounts to the north of 20 percent. The US, being at the forefront of industrial development, has its fair share in overall emissions. But the federal government …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMAuCBfz9tM&w=445&h=364] On behalf of 2GreenEnergy, Craig Shields speaks on the Energy Industry, and the changes in perspective that are required if we’re to have a sustainable energy policy.

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