New Concept in Energy Storage
A huge percentage of the power grid was built solely to address peak loads, and is used less than 100 hours per year. This is one of the many reasons that energy storage in any of its forms is so attractive: things like utility-scale batteries and pumped hydro plants are really competing against the levelized cost of energy associated with these peaker plants, which is extremely high.
Here’s an idea that 2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie just sent me from his office in Buckinghamshire, England: The Ice Bear, a device that uses off-peak electrical power to freeze water that is in turn used to virtually eliminate the load represented by air conditioners on hot days.
Recipe for 2GreenEnergy Instagram posts:
I had the good fortune to meet Barbara Vergetis Lundin (pictured) in the press room of the 
My most recent book, 
One has to believe that corporate malfeasance, e.g., that of Volkswagen with its emissions scandal and ExxonMobil with its conspiracy to hide the truth about climate change, is about to meet some heavy-duty rancor on the part of the citizens of the world who are tired of playing the role of suffering victim. Here’s a little glimpse of what honest-to-goodness wrath looks like. 
Next week features four meeting in Manhattan followed by motor trips to Eastern Massachusetts, Syracuse NY, and Washington DC for the 
Those who read the comments on this blog recognize frequent commenter MarcoPolo is a man whose position is that free market economics should be the only force guiding our civilization. Using his words, “Attempting to create a “moral” or “ideological” dynamic to any emerging technology is folly,” and he routinely expands that notion beyond “emerging technology” to include all other elements of social progress.
It’s hard to keep in mind all the great ideas that our civilization’s most brilliant minds have produced. The one we chose for our 2GreenEnergy Instagram post today really hits at the core of how the good guys are going to win the battle for clean energy. The caption:
The 2GreenEnergy Instagram feed gets maximum “likes” when the posts offer hope and optimism, like the one show here.
As I like to think of myself as a kind and civil person, I generally do not celebrate the loss of anyone’s life. Yet it’s hard to mourn the passing of those who were bitter enemies of fairness, justice and social progress on Earth, e.g., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, found dead at his West Texas ranch earlier today.
