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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Eco-Friendly Changes to your Daily RoutineLots of people want to do their part for the environment, but are unsure how best to go about it. For some, it is already a way of life, but for those not raised to be 100% eco-friendly at all times, it can be tough to figure out what changes they can make to their lives.

This article aims to pitch changes anybody can make to their daily routine. Making a complete switch to an eco-friendly lifestyle is not something that can be achieved overnight. But these changes can all be implemented by the end of the week if you put the effort in. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Under Attack38% of 2GreenEnergy readers live outside the U.S., which is a number so significant that I occasionally feel compelled to provide news to these “foreigners” who may not be aware of precisely how insane we Americas are from an environmental standpoint.

Here’s a little fact that may shock you folks in distant lands: One of our leading congressmen, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (pictured), is doing everything in his power to overturn our federal government’s limits on power plant pollution. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Wind Energy

Wind Energy Is Making a Huge ContributionA conservative reader who has displayed a circumspect attitude towards renewable energy notes: Wind, Solar, Wave, Bio-fuels, Geo-thermal, and lots of other alternate energy technologies, are valid subjects for research.

I urge him to keep in mind that wind is already 5% of the U.S. grid mix; there are 370 gigawatts installed worldwide, with a CAGR of 16.2%. Denmark derives 40% of its energy from wind.  I would assert that it’s far beyond the “research” phase.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Managing your Food Waste the Eco-WayWhether we want to improve the waste management procedures we have in place in our businesses or whether we want to make changes at home there is much we can do to eliminate food waste.

Managing Food Waste at Work (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

Inductive Charging Is Coming To The Electric Vehicle World, But Don't Hold Your Breath(Here is the first of what I hope to be many guest submissions from my colleague Audrea Cook.  Here, she covers inductive charging, a topic of great importance to the migration toward electric transportation.  Thanks, Audrea.  – Craig)

Inductive Charging is the wave of the future in an industry that embraces ever changing technology and it is as competitive as any UNC vs Duke Basketball game ever was.  First, what is inductive charging? (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Fossil Fuels

photo 320px-HazeAmpangKualaLumpur_zps5ef7bd24.jpgWill there be jobs lost when we retire our last coal-fired power plant?  Of course.  80,396 to be precise.

How upset should we be about that?  I think about it like this: There are 100 million people worldwide working in the tobacco industry.  (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Fossil Fuels

Where Are We Headed with Fossil Fuels?

I mentioned (ExxonMobil CEO) Rex Tillerson in an unflattering way in a recent post, based on his refusal to put an environmental scientist on his board of directors. Of course, he is not the only executive in the fossil fuel industry who proposes to ignore the vast ecological damage he’s doing and suck the last molecule of hydrocarbon out of the ground and burn it. But I can’t help wondering: (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Sustainable Wildlife: Ethical Behavior on the Part of Large Corporations Makes a Huge Difference

I’ll bet that the vast majority of the people reading this sign several petitions each month in solidarity with ideas that we deem worthwhile. Here’s one I just signed for a cause we don’t hear enough about: putting an end to trophy hunting of large animals.

Bringing an end to poaching isn’t easy, due to the financial incentive associated with things like elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns, shark fins, etc. Sometimes real creativity is required to hamper these cruel and disgusting activities. By following the link above, you’re joining me and hundreds of thousands of others in asking Delta Airlines (the only U.S. airline with direct service to South Africa) to refuse to carry these items, making the world a bit more humane and compassionate. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainable Building

Tips for Arranging a Greener HomeWhen it comes to living a greener life… it all starts at home.  Literally every room in your home can be modified so that it is more energy efficient. This not only produces less Co2 emissions and is much better for the environment, but it also is cost-effective, saving you money on your energy bills each year. When it comes to making these modifications they don’t have to cost you a fortune, many of the modifications you can make will cost a very small amount and will pay for themselves in energy savings, quite quickly.
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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Hydrokinetics

Comment on Ocean Energy ConversionIn response to my piece What Will Become of Most Renewable Energy Concepts? a reader notes:  Ocean energy conversion is fascinating and is doable.

Yes, ocean energy conversion, in each of its many forms (ocean current, tidal, wave, ocean thermal, etc.) is cool, but it’s currently expensive.  The point I was trying to make here was essentially: Who will win the race for a technology based on renewable resources that is the lowest cost, most scalable way to convert a given resource of energy into something useful?  For better or worse, it’s going to be hard for anything to catch up to the maturity (and thus levelized cost of the energy) represented by solar PV and wind.

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