National Security and Energy Policy
I just got back from a long lunch with a brand new intern here at 2GreenEnergy — Louis de Saint Phalle. A high-powered intellectual (he speaks five languages, and is highly educated, especially in economics and the physical sciences), Louis wants to research and write about a subject close to my heart: the national security implications of energy policy.
I promised that as soon I got home, I’d jot down a some notes on the subject that could inform Louis’ work, and so here are a few ideas for subject matter:
I just got off the phone with a bright new intern at 2GreenEnergy, Avdit Kohli, who’s wrapping up his master’s degree in electrical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. Insofar as Avdit’s main interest at this point is the technology side of solar photovoltaics, I told him that I would assemble a list of questions, then suggest that he pick one for the topic of a white-paper that he could develop for publication on our website.
Writing for RenewableEnergyWorld, my colleague 
Here’s a talk I gave in Santa Barbara to a meeting of a group called “Community Planet.” It’s a small group, but they’re enlightened people; I was impressed with their level of engagement. I covered the technological, economic, and political challenges that stand in the way of a sustainable future for humankind. 
Lean manufacturing, an important component to sustainability, has been applied by many companies since then and even the successful Toyota auto production is a product of this. Lean manufacturing makes use of an effective system that was developed years agoin the United States – the Training Withinthe Industry system (TWI). This training deals with how the supervisor must act in terms of training its workers to achieve consistent results. The system is now being transferred and communicated all throughout the world via Lean manufacturing. 
I just received this:
