The only downside I see to spending a few minutes of my life every day writing a new blog post is the concern I have for “preaching to the choir.” With few exceptions, it seems to me that the people …
Author: Craig Shields
Energy Conservation
For some reason, I’m always somewhat surprised to read comments about conservation – they’re numerous, and they’re heartfelt. Frequent commentor Dan Conine writes: The first alternative energy project that should always be funded is CONSERVATION. THEN whatever we do, won’t …
Why is Cold Fusion Under Attack?
The blog I posted on Renewable Energy World yesterday on cold fusion has already gotten a few insightful comments. The common theme seems to be the sad fact that politics, rather science in its dispassionate purity, is the leading driver …
Tagged with: cold fusion
Renewable Energy Mergers/Acquisitions and Technology Licensing
My blog at Renewable Energy World is, ironically, more visible that this one at my own site. Yet this is understandable; after all, they’ve been at it for 11 years, and boast the human bandwidth to cover the subject of …
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Wind Power
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Amir Mikhail, Senior Vice President of Engineering for Clipper Windpower, in an effort to develop my chapter on wind for my upcoming book on renewable energy. This talk was full of interesting …
Tagged with: alternative energy, Amir Mikhail, bats, clean energy, Clipper Windpower, coal, green energy, raptors, Renewable Energy, wilderness, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Amazon Watch
Reader Jacob Silver writes: Non-absorbed carbon in the atmosphere is thickening the carbon filter of solar energy. With the loss of hundreds of thousands of acres of forest cut down in Indonesia and Brazil, the result is a gap of …
Tagged with: alternative energy, Amazon Watch, Chevron, clean energy, Crude, green energy, Renewable Energy, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, Texaco
Zero Point Energy
A reader writes: What about the Quantum vacuum, which isn’t a vacuum at all. Zero Point energy is available now. To which I respond: I’m very interestested in this, but most people tell me it’s poppycock. (I.e., zero point energy …
Advocating Against Environmental Criminality
I have to say that I’m quite happy to be part of the Renewable Energy World blog. They’re in their 11th year, and their community is quite large — the site’s subscriber base numbers in the hundreds of thousands and …
Toyota's Plug-In Hybrid
Not to harp on the obvious, but without vigorous grassroots efforts to the contrary, the migration to renewable energy and clean transportation will be slow and arduous. In news that underscores this point, Toyota unveiled its new plug-in hybrid, promising …
The Five Most-Commented Posts of 2009
I deeply appreciate the hundreds of comments to the posts that my guests and I have written this year. Here are the five posts that received the most comments: The True Cost of Fossil Fuels Big Energy and Campaign Finance Reform …
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