How Should Scientists Address Climate Change?
According to this article, scientists have put considerable effort into finding spots on the globe where newly planted trees will have the best shot surviving climate change. (more…)
Is Trump Achieving His Goals?
In response to my piece in which I suggested that Trump could regain some support if he’d stop acting like a crazy person, the ubiquitous MarcoPolo writes: (more…)
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From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplan: Four Ways to Make Your Contracting Business Leaner and Greener
Contracting businesses, especially smaller ones, often operate on very lean budgets. And things can get even leaner when you are waiting on a client to pay for work that has been completed. That’s why it’s important to do everything you can to keep down costs. Here are a few ways to make your contracting business both leaner and greener. (more…)
Can Trump Turn This Around?
There’s a meme going around Facebook that suggests that Trump’s record-setting low approval rating could be ameliorated if he’d stop acting like a crazy person. This is 100% true.
Think for a second: What would you or I do in his position? We’d: (more…)
Discussions of Fracking Need To Be Fair
Below is a video that does a good job at explaining how fracking works. It’s all true, but the presentation is imbalanced and unfair, as it doesn’t present how completely screwed we’d be in the absence of fracking, which would mean that almost all that energy content would have been (and would continue to be) supplied by coal. (more…)
Morgan Stanley Likes the Energy Storage Market
There are those who claim, if it is happening at all, that the migration to energy storage and renewables is largely a wish of the political left, that it’s inextricably rooted in subsidies, and that true capitalists are uninterested in participating.
On the other hand, you have the truth. (more…)
Renewable Energy Is a Profoundly Patriotic Idea
Since the birth of the union, appealing to patriotism has proven a powerful weapon in convincing Americans to do a variety of things, from enlisting in the military, to casting votes for certain candidates and initiatives, to buying products made within the country’s borders. And, to be sure, the same appeal can be made to promote renewable energy. (more…)
A Chapter in the Textbook of Fraudulent Clean Energy Investments—And a Message About Fraud Generally
Insofar as we’ve had some level of success in raising investment capital for clean energy start-ups, a visitor to the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page asked me to try to find an investor or two for this (ludicrous) idea.
If you ever think about getting in a business where you’ve (perhaps unwisely) volunteered bits of your time here and there to review new energy technologies, not that I recommend this idea, here’s a textbook case of most of the garbage you’ll come across: (more…)
From Guest Blogger Ron Robbins: Four Ways to Make Your Garden More Eco-Friendly
Everyone loves to have an outdoor garden. Whether that be for the beautiful flowers, fresh vegetables and herbs, or to simply increase wildlife activity. But did you know that there are ways to make a green garden even greener? Whether you’re looking to use less water consumption or are trying to decrease the amount of organic waste your produce, take a look at these top tips to make your garden more eco-friendly. (more…)
From Guest Blogger Eileen O’Shanassy: Are Electric Cars Safe? How Features are Changing
Overall, electric cars are a green and very safe option for modern drivers. They are even getting safer as more models arrive. Most bring a number of extra benefits to the table and most people who choose to drive electric vehicles have fuel efficiency foremost in mind. Safety features for electric cars are by no means inferior to those of gas-driven cars. (more…)
