Those who blame all oil companies equally for their indifference to climate stability are doing so out of gross ignorance of the real-world goings on. In particular, Shell Oil, headed by Ben van Beurden, is aggressively fashioning its business, with most big (albeit conservative and dividend-hungry) investors at least tentatively on board, to play a key role in emissions reductions through the 21st Century. (more…)
In Western culture, the concept of a “time capsule,” the tucking away of writing and artifacts to be opened at a later date, goes back at least to the 18th Century. (more…)
The Motorcycle Battery Monitoring System
The desire for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing rapidly. Demand for EV motorcycles is following the same pattern, meaning the industry needs to act fast. The industry recognises that this means the battery management system (BMS) needs to be more efficient. The BMS controls the performance of the bike’s battery. It manages energy recovered from kinetic energy as well as any regenerative braking. (more…)
Like it or not, there are powerful forces in today’s world that are working hard to further enrich a very few people at the expense of the health and safety of the other 7.6 billion people on this planet, and that of all future generations as well. We see these forces in action every day when we read about the destruction of our educational system, the desecration of our environment, U.S. military aggression, and the systematic removal of social services for the elderly, the ill and the impoverished. (more…)
Here’s an exercise in technofraud that I found amusing. The level at which you understand chemistry and physics in general or fuel cells in particular is of no importance here; that’s how obvious this is.
Here’s a process by which a fuel cell operates: (more…)
Here’s an article in Forbes that chronicles an interview with Amy Francetic, Founder and Managing Director of Energize Ventures (pictured), one of the preeminent venture capital firms focusing on clean energy and other eco-supportive industries. (more…)
If there is a more clever person than The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz, I sure would like to meet him. I urge anyone with both a sense of humor and a concern for the criminally absurd state of the U.S. federal government at this point to sign up onto the email distribution list for his newsletter, The Borowitz Report.
A lot of water has gone under the bridge since the launch of 2GreenEnergy almost exactly 10 years ago. From the perspective of solar, we saw:
Lots of promise for solar thermal (aka concentrated solar power or CSP) (more…)
This is funny, but what’s truly at fault here is that corporate governance is necessarily about maximizing profit; these people aren’t at liberty to act otherwise. More correctly, if a CEO of a publicly traded company were to act otherwise, he would be immediately removed. (more…)
In response to this piece reminding us of Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex, my colleague, Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes: (more…)
