5100If I asked you to name the very best year of your life thus far, you’d probably ask for clarification: Most joyful? Most productive? Most rewarding? You may end up talking about a graduation, your first love, the birth of your first child, a key promotion, or a memorable vacation.

I don’t know much about the private life of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt (I’m happy to report), but I have to think that he’d name 2017 as the crowning glory of his life to this point.   (more…)

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COMFORT-woman-feeling-cold-near-radiator-shutterstock_180529322-3-e1480626827141Your HVAC, or Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning system, is a vital part of your home. It keeps your property at a comfortable temperature and ensures that the air you breathe is safe. This, of course, depends on how efficient your HVAC system is. There are 5 ways to detect whether or not the system is energy efficient.

Bills Are Higher (more…)

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This March 29, 2017, photo obtained by the Associated Press, shows Robert Murray of Murray Energy, right, hugging Energy Secretary Rick Perry at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington. (Simon Edelman, Dept. of Energy via AP)

Robert Murray of Murray Energy, right, hugging Energy Secretary Rick Perry

I like to attend the annual ARPA-E summit (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) summit every year; I’ve made many excellent contacts there through the years, and I’m always enthralled by the exhibits.  Having said that, I’m sure I’m not alone in sharing my misgivings about this year’s event, principally that the keynote speaker is none other than U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. (more…)

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28378560_10213912819201811_2918571092531481675_nQuestion: Approximately how many years intervened between these photographs of the Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas?

Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

Relevance: The melting of the ice caps surrounding the Earth’s poles is in the process of causing major sea-level rise, removing formerly significant masses of land from the planet.

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occam-typeI’ve always been a big fan of Occam’s Razor, the principle that, all things being equal, the simplest explanation is the best.  (It’s actually not quite that straightforward; those wishing to learn more can follow the link above.) (more…)

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maxresdefault (6)Have you ever thought about what happens to your old scrap tires after you’re finished with them?

Disposing of waste tires can lead to a lot of health and safety problems. (more…)

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capGary Tulie writes: Hi Craig, This could be big. An ultracapacitor made of low-cost non-toxic materials with energy density as good as lithium ion batteries, with many times the charge and discharge rate.

Yes, this sounds like it really could be huge.  (more…)

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MovementGetting the community together to help the environment may be one of the most meaningful tasks a person could undertake. If everyone works together to help conserve the planet, it may be here longer. Being humane and having high moral and ethical standards is an honest way to live and smart. Here are some ways to motivate the community to clean up.

Nature Clean-Up (more…)

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28166917_267029800499754_3249927867074668037_nIf it weren’t for all the senseless tragedy involved, the gun death epidemic in the U.S. would be a fascinating study of how we’ve simply lost out ability to think, or, more precisely, how our beliefs about our thought processes are totally erroneous. (more…)

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mb-elektro-lkw-1-w600xh0It’s been almost exactly 10 years since I joined forces with Bill Moore, editor of EVWorld.com, to help him market his groundbreaking website that had been active since 1998.  (Yep, 1998.  Think of what a novelty the Internet was back then.)  I remember a discussion with the EV sage in which we acknowledged that, where vast numbers of passenger cars and small, utility trucks might soon be electrified, we were a million miles away from moving larger trucks (Class 3 – 8) in that direction. (more…)

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