U.S. History Books Ca. 2025
When it’s all over, what will be the take-away from this administration? Here’s how I believe this period of American history will be remembered: (more…)
Tagged with: destruction of the environment
From Guest Blogger Manjusha Advenser: Seven Technologies in Green Construction
The term green construction definitely brings a unique-looking building to our mind with energy efficiency. It’s not just about the structure that we build but also the application processes throughout the building life-cycle that make the building resource efficient and environmentally responsible. (more…)
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Quantifying the Health Effects of Trump’s EPA
Insofar as we try to stay rooted in math and science here at 2GreenEnergy, I thought I’d offer some numbers that quantify the deaths and illnesses that will occur over the next 10 years associated with the Trump EPA’s removal of standards for clean air and water, as well as toxic chemicals. (more…)
Plant-Based Meat: Amazing For Many Reasons
Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s take on plant-based meat products, including assessments of the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat, both of which, to me at least, are almost indistinguishable from meat from cows. (more…)
Carbon Dioxide Removal
Here’s another entry into our discussion of the viability of removing CO2 from the atmosphere, so as to mitigate climate change caused by greenhouse gases. The conversation began with my ridiculing the idea of huge fans (powered by energy that has to come from someplace) with CO2 traps in them, as pictured here. (more…)
Tagged with: Carbon Dioxide Removal
From Guest Blogger Diana Smith: Six Recycling and Waste Management Tips for Your Business
No matter what kind of business you’re running, waste management is something you need to put a lot of effort into. Moreover, as the entire world is trying to go green, your business also needs a recycling policy. And if you’re new in the world of business, you may find this quite overwhelming. To help you, we came up with 6 recycling and waste management tips you need to be aware of. (more…)
Antarctica Is Losing Ice Twice As Fast As Anyone Thought–But How Do We Know?
At a dinner party a few years ago I met a geologist from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose life’s work is studying the interior of Greenland’s ice sheets. (more…)
Exploring Climate Dystopia
Author and humanitarian Arthur C. Clarke left us with many wonderful ideas by which to live, including this one: “I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.” (more…)
Solar Radiation Management Program
Here’s a conversation from Facebook on California’s new building code, mandating that all new construction come along with solar PV on the roof.
Jayn Edmonds begins with this sarcastic remark: How will that work with the ongoing Solar Radiation Management Program? (more…)
Good and Bad News in the U.S. Electricity Markets
To simplify a rather complicated structure, the electricity marketplace here in the United States is controlled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which oversees a number of Regional and Independent System Operators (ISOs). I thought it would be worth a few minutes here to publish the latest status of each of the ISOs (taken from the American Energy Society), as it provides a window into the dynamics of the U.S. grid-mix:
