Here’s an article that suggests our power utilities don’t really want to see more rooftop solar. While that’s not really news to anyone, it certainly does raise a good question: what are the changes we need to make in our relationship with our utilities such that we, collectively as a society, keep our power prices low, while making sure we don’t cook our planet? (more…)
It’s not uncommon for our political pundits here in the US to be completely wrong with their predictions—sometimes embarrassingly so. But we need to give them credit when they forecasted that this presidential election campaign was going to degenerate into some of the nastiest mudslinging the country has ever seen.
Of course, we at 2GreenEnergy tend to look at the world through the lens of energy and the environment, and, coincidentally, this, as described in this op-ed from yesterday’s New York Times, may be the precise issue in which the divide between the two candidates is the most pronounced. (more…)
Those of you living outside the U.S. needn’t be told that this country has gone somewhat crazy. The way I like to explain this to you “foreigners” is as follows: we have all known for a very long while that there are some ignorant, hateful people living here. But what we didn’t know, or at least I didn’t, is that there is a humongous number of these people, and that they vote with great regularity, electing leaders with extremely warped views on things like humanitarianism and science. (more…)
Occasionally, I like to suggest cool websites that offer fun and informative content that I believe will be of interest to readers who share my fondness for the English language. I know I’ve mentioned Dictionary.com which provides its “word of the day” as a free service.
Let me now add Wordsmith.org to my list of recommendations. Here, subscribers also receive an important word, with its definition and etymology, sent daily to their email, but it’s accompanied by a range of different tidbits, for example, a “thought for the day,” i.e., a thought-provoking quote on the human condition. (more…)
Have you ever opened up a file that you needed read, just knowing that you were going to find it asinine, and then learn to your shock that it’s actually pretty cool? That’s what just happened to me.
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Here’s a fun little challenge you may want to take. Tune into some of the non-stop coverage of Hurricane Matthew, and count how many times climate change is mentioned. I’ll give you a warning: don’t hold your breath. That’s because it’s almost never discussed. There’s very little willingness among the mainstream media to recognize that climate change is in the process of causing extreme weather events. (more…)
Over the years, the growth in the use of chemicals and disposable products has caused the healthcare industry to generate enormous amounts of waste and toxic emissions. Recently, more and more people are turning their attention to dealing with this waste in an environmentally responsible manner in the interests of sustainability and for cost concerns. Those getting an RN to BSN online degree or who are already involved in nursing are finding that they must be aware of these changes in the medical environment so they can fully participate in this movement and in providing their patients with the highest level of care. Here are a few more things you should know about green medicine today. (more…)
Here are a couple of stories that illustrate one simple truth about the migration to renewables: it’s happening. In the UK, more electricity energy was generated over the last six months by solar than by coal.
At the same time, Scotland has banned the use of coal 100%, and will be cranking up natural gas at the same time that they amp up renewables. (more…)
In a recent post on our prospects for nuclear energy, I happened to mention that the U.S. is in a position to lead the world away from nuclear weaponry. Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: In this claim, there is the assumption that a U.S. president really does possess the power to influence countries like Israel, Pakistan, India and the PRC, to disarm. Sadly, a U.S. president has very little influence over these nations.
Why so pessimistic? We won’t know until we try. (more…)
If you get the opportunity to watch historian/documentarian Ken Burns deliver a lecture on the National Parks, or anything else for that matter, I urge you to seize it. I had the pleasure of being one of a couple of thousand attendees at his talk yesterday in Santa Barbara, CA, and I wasn’t the only one who had tears in his eyes listening to Burns’ magnificent insight into what it means to be an American, and, more to the point what it means to be fully human. (more…)
