I’m fairly guarded with my comments on the legitimacy of capitalism as the foundation of our civilization. But holy mackerel, the Pope certainly isn’t.
Say what you will about modern-day life, but you sure can’t claim it’s boring. Think of all the phenomena we’ve seen in just the past few years that were entirely absent previously, e.g.: (more…)
Today, Americans of conscience are celebrating the first birthday of the Clean Power Plan, which provides a comprehensive new policy to underpin the rapid migration away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy, in an effort to mitigate climate change and protect our environment more generally.
However, unlike infants, the plan is under constant and vicious attack from the interests whose profit stream it threatens. Peabody Coal, their allies in Congress, and officials from nearly 30 states are suing the EPA to try to block the Clean Power Plan and its critical clean air safeguards.
Here’s a conference I won’t be attending, but not for lack of interest. The topic: the future of low-emission aviation. The speakers: spokespeople from GE, Honeywell, Airbus, Siemens, Rolls Royce, and NASA. Topics: See (impressive) list below. (more…)
Eco-friendly manufacturing and production facilities provide needed goods while having less impact on the environment. Going green also lowers long-term costs through efficient use of energy and resources. Putting these tips for environmentally responsible manufacturing and production into practice will create this win-win solution for your company. (more…)
In the 10 years I’ve known Kansas City-based cleantech businessman Fritz Maffry, I’ve always been impressed with his understanding of the macro issues associated with energy and transportation. Fortunately, Fritz has the wonderful habit of jotting down his thoughts periodically and publishing them to a small group of colleagues. But these insights are too astute and too valuable to keep under wraps, thus I’m publishing this piece I received from him yesterday. (more…)
While the chorus of anti-Trump sentiment is growing louder by the day, he remains very much in the public spotlight, perhaps only for the wonderment we all hold: what hateful, laughably erroneous, irresponsible thing is he going to say next? How far will he go before the spineless senate Republicans who checked their integrity at the door retract their endorsements? (more…)
Today is the 84th anniversary of the discovery of antimatter, i.e., particles that are the opposite of matter which we experience in our daily lives, and that mutually annihilate when brought into contact with it.
Of course, we use the term “antimatter” in the figurative sense to mean the polar opposite of a certain person or thing. (more…)
The common wisdom among those following the migration to electric transportation is that large commercial vehicles will be the very last to make that transition. Here to challenge that notion is my colleague Jon LeSage, whose current edition of Green Auto Digest brings us up to date on the developments by Mercedes, Tesla, Nikola Motor, BYD, and Smith Electric Vehicles.
What’s the driver behind all this? Well, as usual, with very few exceptions, it’s regulation. (more…)
I happen to have an eclectic taste in music. Besides classical, I’m very into the fun and poignant stuff performed at music festivals around the U.S. The only problem I have with it is that it’s hard to name; it’s a blend of blues, folk, bluegrass, singer/song-writer, acoustic, Americana, ska, etc.—some of which overlap one another; I’ll admit, this is confusing. (more…)
Frequent commenter (when will I find a new descriptor?) MarcoPolo writes: Trump knows his audience will hear what they want to hear. His best publicists are his enemies. The more vitriolic and outraged they become, the more likable he seems. (more…)
