What Hockey Immortals and Renewable Energy Share in Common
When he was asked about the secret of his success, “The Great” Wayne Gretzky replied, “I don’t skate to where the puck is now; I skate to where the puck will be.”
Maybe there’s something here for folks trying to make sense of the future of the energy industry. We understand that we will not be burning coal and driving Hummers 50 years hence. We will, whether it’s out of conscience and decency, or out of force of necessity, make the transition to sustainable forms of energy and transportation. But how? When? (more…)
The world doesn’t have an infinite amount of space or resources, which is why everyone needs to start conserving and making more eco-friendly choices now. Learn how to do your part by implementing these five habits of an energy efficient person into your life.
Apparently, Robert Hargraves carries a PhD in physics from Brown University. I say “apparently,” because he authored this 
I like to take my own advice on the use of social media and spend some time blogging on other sites related to clean energy. To that end, I just commented on an article that presented an ostensible breakthrough in carbon capture and sequestration in TheEnergyCollective. In response to a slam against environmentalists, I wrote: 
Although the overall consequences of climate change are terrible (desertification, sea level rise, floods, storms, wildfires, more disease-carrying insects, loss of biodiversity, etc.), there are some accidental consequences that are positive, e.g., lower heating fuel bills in certain parts of the world and longer growing seasons for Canadian farmers. 
Can anyone look at 
In response to my recent piece on 
Maybe I’m the only member of an aging population who grimaces when young people today show that they don’t really understand the metaphors that had meaning in the 20th Century. Here are two:
I just got back from a great day at the University of California at Santa Barbara, host of the 14th annual 
Here’s an 
