I know I’ve mentioned that my mom and I have a good time joking about the “Word of the Day” on dictionary.com, and kidding each other about our diametrically opposing political views. Here’s my email to her this morning that combines the two: (more…)
With closing of two more coal plants in Texas, the U.S. has crossed the half-way threshold (262 of the original 543 plants closed, 261 remaining open).
As is always the case, there were multiple “causes of death” in the two most recent cases, primarily an excess of wind energy generation and the low cost of natural gas driving down the market price of electricity. (more…)
Someday, will drones be launched with lots of stored electrical energy onboard, attach to your electric vehicle, and charge it en route, as suggested in this article in GreenTechMedia?
Uh….no. Of at least 50 ideas I’ve seen for EV charging, this may be the most preposterous. Think about what would stand in the way of this solution, starting with slightly better batteries. If for some reason you don’t believe that better batteries could lie in our immediate future, there’s ubiquitous fast-charging and even inductive charging in our roadways. (more…)
Of the nearly 8000 posts here, there are at least a couple of dozen in which I’ve acknowledged that Royal Dutch Shell is the least obnoxious of the major oil companies. They are fully onboard with anthropogenic climate change, they have a rock-solid understanding that our civilization is in the process of migrating away from fossil fuels, and they seem to have a sincere position in embracing, rather than repelling, this all-important change.
Shell’s recent purchase of New Motion (EV changing stations) is further evidence of all this. It’s good to see some occasional rationality in an insane world.
The situation with climate change, increased pollution and uncontrollable resource exploitation is getting out of hand, so more and more people are turning to renewable energy sources such as solar power. However, in order to get the most out of your solar power system, you need to choose the right kind, one that’s durable, effective and will provide your household with enough energy. Here’s what you should consider before and while choosing the perfect solar panel for your home. (more…)
Windmills in a row on cloudy weather, wide shot, denmark
As I’m mentioned, I’m a part of a pro-nuke online community that has a strange antipathy toward renewables. One might think that proponents of one low-carbon energy solution would respect those of another, but not in this case. They offer a variety of reasons that I find interesting, but every one of them seems spurious at least to some degree. (more…)
Green homes are a growing trend due to their environmental and economic benefits. By 2018, around 40 percent of the housing market will consist of green housing and 84 percent of all homes will have some sustainable attributes. (more…)
Hey, Americans. If you were going to expatriate, where would you go? As U.S. politics becomes more terrifying and life here becomes more bizarre, an ever-increasing number of us are asking ourselves this precise question. (more…)
Scrapping anything and everything that came from the Obama administration is an obsession for Donald Trump, and hats off, he’s ferociously good at it. (more…)
Green roofs are beautiful, are they not? Ah, but they are so much more than mere objects of visual admiration. They serve many a purpose, all of them geared towards environmentalism and long-term monetary savings. (more…)
