Who Needs To Take Responsibility for Environmental Stewardship?
What should happen when we, as a civilization, come to learn that the use of a certain substance represents an unacceptable environmental danger? This is not an idle exercise; in fact, it happens every month or so, and the pace of these discoveries continues to accelerate. 60 years ago it was DDT, 30 years ago it was CFCs, and just recently it was decorative glitter that looks pretty, but poisons and chokes fish and other wildlife. (more…)
Here’s an approach to 
Long-time 2GreenEnergy contributor Fritz writes: 
As suggested here, we certainly do seem to be of two different minds when it comes to science. We don’t challenge the science behind newly developed medications to treat disease, evacuating in front of hurricanes, or sending stuff to Mars. But when a bunch of university professors who have been studying climate change for 40 years tell us that our civilization is about to fall into an abyss, we decide that we just can’t trust these people. 
This is interesting, but it rests on the assumption that this will, at some point, be over. Unfortunately, it’s perfectly possible that this country will find the toothpaste impossible to put back into the tube. 
A battery’s gravimetric energy and power densities (the amount of energy and power per unit of weight) are of zero concern when it’s stationary, but when they roll around on the planet’s surface, and in the drive-train for EVs, that changes very quickly. 
I’d like to think that the people who made this video believe they are doing a service to the 
Please check out the “DK” curve at left.
Audi’s TV commercial promoting its new 
