What (If Any) Role Does Government Playing in Leading Us to Environmental Sustainability?
In a recent comment, frequent contributor MarcoPolo makes a couple of interesting points to which I’d like to respond: (more…)
From Guest Blogger Devin Morrissey: Facing the Realities of Rising Air Pollution
It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking about environmental concerns in abstract terms. (more…)
New Hydrokinetic Devices: Burden of Proof Is on the Inventor
Here an extremely common occurrence here at 2GreenEnergy: the submission of an idea from an inventor with a patent but no working model of the device. Like so many others of this type, I respond: (more…)
Carbon Emissions and Our Energy Mix: A Problem That Will Take of Itself
Here’s an article that explains how the European Union has agreed on what the author refers to as “ambitious” renewable energy targets (30%) for 2030. Though this is obviously good news, I join those who believe that such targets are a piece of cake, for a few reasons: (more…)
In All Things, There Comes a Time When the Winner Wins and the Loser Loses
Those of us who subscribe to Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day” know that some words seem to call out to us to make them part of our working vocabularies, while others are of passing interest, at best. Today, for instance, we learned that “boustrophedon” (boo-struh-FEED-n), is an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right. See the example shown here, but don’t look for another use of that word in the blog here at 2GreenEnergy, because I doubt you’ll find it in a guest post, and I’m quite sure I’ll never use it again after today. (more…)
Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy
Shortly after we kicked off 2GreenEnergy in 2009, I made a series of videos called “The Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy,” where, in each segment, I talked about a certain technology: wind, solar, biomass, hydrokinetics, and geothermal, and listed, as thoroughly and objectively as I possibly could, the advantages and disadvantages of each. (more…)
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From Guest Blogger Michael Stoddard: Corporate Social Responsibility–Best Examples of Green Initiatives Provided By Big Companies
A few years ago, few people cared about protecting our natural resources. All people cared for was how they would exploit these natural resources and make more money, but the situation is changing after manufacturing companies realized: resources that were once deemed infinite were on the verge of depletion. (more…)
Erosion of Environmental Regulations in a World that Has Ceased to Make Sense
Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of the new anti-regulatory environment in Washington is that it’s so amazingly arbitrary and capricious. Life in America today more closely resembles being asleep than awake; it’s as if we’re making our way through a world that Lewis Carroll crafted for us.
From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Execute him, then examine the evidence. (more…)
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China Gets Tough on Auto Emissions, Ceases Production of 500+ Car Models
I know there are people who doubt China’s sincerity when it comes to environmental issues. Why the huge investment in renewable energy? Why the abrupt elimination of more than 500 models of cars that have poor emissions profiles from their factories and roads?
If you’re looking for answers to this one, the only one you’re going to find here is this photo, taken from the article linked above in the New York Times, the caption for which reads: “Smog on a main thoroughfare in Harbin, China, in November. Officials are under intense pressure to rein in dangerous air pollution.”
All Air Travelers Need to Thank Trump
Is there some reason for alarm here, i.e., that the POTUS is taking credit for airline safety?
Aren’t you aware that Trump’s grandfather invented the airplane?
Let’s give credit where credit is due.
Seriously, (more…)
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