As noted in this article, the largest wind farm in the world will soon come on line, rated at 2 GW, sufficient to power 800,000 homes.
I mention this because of all the comments, especially from the pro-nuke people, that wind can’t scale up because its energy density and capacity factor are too low, that wind is an intermittent source, etc. It’s unclear how anyone can believe this, given what’s happening in front of our very eyes.
Here’s a good article on the production of propane using E. coli bacteria.
The thing to keep in mind here is the conservation of energy. (more…)
To the surprise and delight of many, the U.S. and China have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. This is fairly astonishing, given the cool reception with which the U.S. Congress received the idea of signing up for a campaign to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions when the delegation to Paris came back home last December. (more…)
Here’s an article about climate change denial that shows how many different pieces of faulty logic, seven in this specific example, can come together in one report, and generate incorrect conclusions.
For those wishing to see a solid video discussion on climate change and its deniers, you can’t do any better than this piece from Veritasium (“an element of truth”). (more…)
I have my (meager) portfolio invested in a socially responsible mutual fund that does not include any companies that are involved in fossil fuels. To my surprise and delight, in the years I’ve had it, it’s beaten the S&P, albeit narrowly.
Linked above is a company that specializes in this very thing. I don’t have any reason to recommend them, but their heart’s certainly in the right place.
The term “green” no longer just refers to a color or cold-hard cash. More often than not when we hear the term green we know it is referring to the well-being of the environment, both in a personal sense and for the planet as a whole.
Why is it important for teachers to go green? (more…)
Here’s a meme I hope you enjoy that speaks to the Dakota Access pipeline and the protest surrounding it, that I mentioned earlier today. I thought it was clever.
This is a very cool exercise that I heartily recommend.
It says I’m headed for The Netherlands, which is not a bad recommendation. A healthy public sector that is quite progressive on environmental and other issues. The country is very clean and beautiful; lots of incredible museums–and they really love good beer. Also, extremely open-minded; if you’re not hurting someone else, they really couldn’t care less what you do there. The language is a beast, though.
Right-wing extremist and Equal Rights Amendment opponent Phyllis Schlafly died yesterday. I don’t normally celebrate deaths, but it’s hard not to in this case, especially when I find a meme that makes me smile like the one here did.
On this date in 1847, Henry David Thoreau left Walden Pond. We remember him for his solitude and demand for a simple life, as well as his masterpiece essay Civil Disobedience (1849).
We’re reminded of this as we receive the news that environmental activists have joined the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and members of nearly 100 more tribes from across the U.S. and Canada to protest the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, and protect a tribal burial site that the project would destroy. (more…)
