Four Steps to Bring Sustainability to Your Supply ChainGrowing consumer demand and the pressure of legislation have a huge influence on businesses across many industry sectors. They are changing the perception of sustainability, which has moved past being just a hip trend. Today, it is the embodiment of new business thinking, a model that makes companies future-ready and more competitive. After all, production patterns, warehouse operations and goods transportation, these things have a profound impact on the carbon footprint the business world leaves on the nature. (more…)

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Breakthrough in Wind Energy?It’s a shame when total BS is represented as some sort of technology breakthrough. Here’s a development in wind power that couldn’t possibly work as advertised. (more…)

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Wind and Solar Are Variable Resources, But What Does That Imply About the Need for Back-up Power?Let me reiterate what I just wrote in a comment: The notion that incremental solar and wind plants require significant amounts of additional backup from fossil fuel plants is a myth.  This is explained very nicely in the article linked above.

 

 

 

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Netherlands: No New Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle Sales After 2025!2GreenEnergy mega-supporter Gary Tulie writes:  Hi Craig, The lower house of the Dutch parliament recently voted to end the sale of fossil fuel vehicles from 2025!  How much longer before the rest of the EU follows?   (more…)

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Do Scientists Have a Political Agenda?In response to my piece on the ongoing deterioration of the world’s coral reefs, frequent commenter MarcoPolo suggests that the principal authors of the study are motivated by a political agenda. I respond: (more…)

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Global Warming, El Niño and The Health of Our Coral Reefs  Here’s an article that explains the impact of super-charged El Niño conditions caused by global warming on the world’s coral reefs.  Hint: it’s not good.  To quote: Subsequent flyover surveys have confirmed an unfolding disaster: “Only four reefs out of 520 [observed] had no bleaching,” says Terry Hughes, director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence.  It was the saddest reef trip of my career.”

The conclusion: “The only way out of this bind is to rapidly contain further increases in global warming by implementing the carbon dioxide emission cuts pledged at last year’s Paris Conference of Parties.”  Now that’s uplifting, in that there is a way out.  We just need to take it.

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Richard-FeynmanIt’s the birthday of physicist Richard Feynman, a gentleman who left us many important breakthroughs in quantum mechanics and electrodynamics,  but is best remembered for his personable character and warmth, and his belief that science is a thing of beauty. According to the Writer’s Almanac, “He had fun doing (his inquiries). It frustrated him that so few laypeople shared his wonder in science.”  My favorite quote: Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it. (more…)

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Alberta Tar Sands and Lithium Ion Batteries: A Case Study in DeceptionHere’s an excellent example of the incredible distortion of facts that is so common to our political and economic discussions today.  I hope you’ll check out this fascinating article.

So many people are being led around by the nose with pure baloney; it’s frightening.  No wonder the US political system has fallen to this point, given the amazing volume of disinformation and the force of the relentless propaganda.

 

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The Viability of Electric TransportationFrequent commenter Glenn Doty and I have ongoing discussions about the legitimacy of electric transportation.  I wrote recently about the coming hockey-stick growth curve that I expect to see in this space, to which Glenn replies: (more…)

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Environment Friendly Mobile Storage ContainerPortable storage and mobile containers are traditionally powered in the same approach you power your home – the unit is powered up with plug sockets and lighting is wired in. The whole container is then run on an external power supply like a generator, or powered onsite if the option is offered. (more…)

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