A friend of mine was noticeably upset the other day when she called the library to renew a book and was put on a long hold. “It’s a matter of the prioritization of resources, not laziness or incompetence” I explained. “If you want more librarians, you’re going to get fewer firemen or bigger potholes in the roads.” (more…)
Deciding to buy a house is not an easy decision to make and there is no reason to rush into it. Instead, make sure to get well-informed on the current market situation and carefully consider exactly what kind of a house you’re looking for. (more…)
When you started shopping around for a new home, water conservation was probably not nearly as important as location, good schools, or getting the best price. However, preserving water and protecting the environment is still something everyone should take part in. Here are several easy tips on saving water that you can start to follow once you get settled in. (more…)
We learned last year that mayors of coastal cities San Francisco and Oakland, CA are suing the oil companies for lying about their role in causing climate change, and the resultant rise in sea levels that are forcing their cities to spend millions of dollars on sea walls and other devices to prevent flooding. (more…)
In response to my bearish post the other day on vehicle-to-grid, Gary Tulie writes this terse note: A project was recently launched in the UK to install 1000 vehicle to grid capable chargers.
There is no doubt that a clean energy future will rely on the confluence of a number of different technologies, all developing and adding value to one another. We need to consider: (more…)
I’ll keep this short, as I don’t want to gild the lily; the amazing Gus Speth nailed it. We either reverse this trend toward tribalism and selfishness, and learn to work together as a species, or we’re cooked. (Larger version below.) (more…)
An article in GreenTech Media this morning asks why most of the countries in Southeast Asia are lagging behind the rest of the world in the deployment of renewable energy. I skipped it. The developing world doesn’t have the cash (by definition) and most of those governments are even more corrupt than the U.S.; they pay even less attention to the welfare of their people than the U.S. Congress pays to Americans’, and that’s saying a lot. (more…)
In my post Understanding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, I pointed out that, unlike his predecessor, Gina McCarthy, Pruitt is extremely secretive in his activities. I went on to use Occam’s Razor to explain this phenomenon: Pruitt’s job is to provide favorable conditions for corporate polluters, especially the oil companies, by aggressively despoiling the environment…..and thus we hate his guts. I went on to suggest that Pruitt is in the top five most hated people in the country. (more…)
Never has a debate been more widespread and divisive than that of climate change. Not a day goes by that there isn’t something on the news related to it in some way or other. (more…)
The last post that was written here on John Paul Stevens was published on the occasion of his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010; I certainly didn’t anticipate another–until this stunner. (more…)
