Tom Udall (D-NM — pictured) and a few other U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would take the U.S. grid-mix from its current 18% concentration of renewables up to 50% by 2035. It’s not that no one here is trying to avoid melting glaciers and lethal droughts. (more…)
Those of us with a practical concern for the transition from fossil fuels wish that R&D in energy and transportation would be focused on the obvious winners, or at least those that are possible, and away from areas that have no chance of long-term success. (more…)
According to The Writer’s Almanac, it’s the birthday of anthropologist Franz Boas, born in 1858. Boaz stressed the need to study four fields — ethnology, linguistics, physical anthropology, and archaeology — before making any generalizations about any one culture. (more…)
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announces charges against Jeffery Epstein
From today’s Daily Stoic: The Stoics were not unacquainted with awful people. They saw tyrants. They saw cheats. They saw toxic egomaniacs and insatiable ambitions. And what was their reaction to most of these people? Aside from a general wariness and a desire not to be corrupted by them, mostly the Stoics pitied these types. (more…)
OPEC warns climate campaigners are “greatest threat to our industry going forward.”
The largest oil cartel in the world sits on top of countless trillions of dollars of crude, and understandably, they don’t want that value to fall–for any reason. (more…)
Senior Energy Analyst Glenn Doty writes:
Sadly, a perfectly legitimate response to this (see larger graph below) is curling into a fetal position and sobbing for a while… (more…)
Here’s a piece in Forbes that compares “Trump’s economy” to Obama’s. A few things:
The quote marks around “Trump’s economy” are meant to signify that the president has a very limited capacity to shape the economy by himself. Did Bush 43 push the economy into freefall in 2008? Of course not. (more…)
Those looking to put a little spring in their step today should check out this new Nike ad, based on the U.S. victory at the Women’s World Cup. This is marketing at its finest, providing the viewer real value in exchange for their momentary engagement, while creating a lasting perspective of the company as a thought leader (in this case, more a spiritual leader). (more…)
In his publication Green Auto Market, my colleague Jon LeSage reports:
Tesla’s stock went up 7 percent Tuesday after reporting it produced 87,048 vehicles in the second quarter while delivering 95,200, strong performance that exceeded analyst forecasts. (more…)
Ever considered the unrelenting power of the wind? We’ve all seen the destructive nature of the elements. But what if we were able to harness their might for our own ends? Well, thankfully we can. (more…)
