Though the news on the environment coming out of Washington DC remains terrible (and is actually worsening, as the new EPA administrator hones his game in the deregulation of toxic chemicals), lots of states and local governments are making excellent progress. A dozen states are working hard on near-term goals to be running on 100% renewable energy, and today we learn that Maryland is banning polystyrene. (more…)
Here’s a concept in ocean wave energy that is explained in a short video. Here’s the problem these guys are going to run into: they share a widely held misunderstanding that water in waves moves in the direction of the wave. In actuality, the energy in the wave moves forward, but the water itself moves in a circle.
There are lots of ideas floating around that are theoretically possible, but so wildly unfeasible that they may just as well have been impossible. Putting large amounts of solar PV in space and beaming the energy down to Earth is a fabulous example. As the costs of ground-mounted PV continues to fall and the various approaches to using or storing intermittent energy become more affordable as well, no one will be thinking adding more space junk.
It’s too early to know whether or not the ethics investigation into newly installed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will go anywhere. (more…)
I’m not sure on this one, Michele. Letting poor people die of curable diseases, putting children in cages, committing adultery with porn stars, endorsing racists, supporting tyrants, mangling the environment for money, profiting from the presidency, cutting food programs for the hungry, banning entire religions from entry into the country and supporting genocide abroad. I’ll have to think on this a little further before I can weigh in on your assertion.
I had the good fortune of finding this podcast on plant-based meats, specifically, Impossible Foods, on the radio during a drive I took today.
What does it take to get people who love meat to eat less of it? (more…)
So as to bring 2GreenEnergy readers the latest and best thinking on the world energy market and its implications on our civilization’s ultimate sustainability, I subscribe to a few paid publications and quote them liberally in our blog posts here. One example of this is the newsletter of the American Energy Society, though, to be honest, this particular one costs me the princely sum of $17 per year. (more…)
Someone asked me to comment on the Vortex, or bladeless wind turbine. I believe I’ve written something on this earlier, but I’m having trouble finding it. Here goes: (more…)
This video on at-home plastic recycling has 46 million views, so I have to think some people believe that the construction and operation of the machine presented here could conceivably be a net positive for the environment. Wow, that’s a depressing thought.
Suppose your goal is to accelerate the decline in the U.S. educational system. Maybe you look at the fact that 35% of our kids still read at grade level and you think you can bring that down to single digits with enough hard work. You figure, correctly, that defunding literacy programs might just get you there. (more…)
