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…)
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.
It’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…)
Here’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.
Frequent 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…)
Portable 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…)
Here, my colleague Jon Lesage presents another installment of his Green Auto Digest, this one centered around the ACT Expo (Advanced Clean Transportation), held in Long Beach, CA last week. It was wonderful to see Jon again; it’s good that we run into each other frequently at events like this.
As Jon covered in this newsletter, the cumulative year-to-date totals for auto sales in the United States suggest that plug-in electric vehicles are 0.7% of the total in the U.S. year-to-date. (more…)
I know there were those who doubted the overall premise of my most recent book: “Bullish on Renewable Energy,” i.e., that free-market economic forces alone are in the process of propelling renewable energy past fossil fuels in terms of our energy mix. But backing me up here is former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who, in this article, looks at a completely deregulated and unsubsidized energy market and comes up with his own conclusions that are even more bullish than my own. Enjoy.
When I received this earlier today I knew immediately that I needed to reprint it in full. It’s hard to imagine a more cogent and touching letter on Mother’s Day. If you agree, and you’d like to help, simply go here.
Being a mother makes the future present. I wake up in the middle of the night and worry about everything, from the milk I forgot to buy for tomorrow morning, to the school he will go to next year, to the planet he will live on as a man, and maybe as a father. (more…)
Regarding my piece “How the Media Is Ruining the United States,” a reader goes off on me, beginning as follows: “Geez … an anti-Trump rant that has excessive liberal bias helps me grow my knowledge about green energy –how?”
I would simply say that a Trump presidency would set the world back several decades in terms of clean energy, environmental stewardship, and the other related good things that 2GreenEnergy and (most of) its readers advocate. (more…)
