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In CleanTech or Anywhere Else, Good Investments Never Need Promotion

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Renewables - Business

I admire people who write directly and concisely, like this columnist for Yahoo Finance whom I quote below.

I post this not only to applaud the fellow’s lucid prose, but also to make a point of relevance to the numerous cleantech investors who happen to check out 2GreenEnergy from time to time. It deals with micro-cap stocks whose executive teams manufacture encouraging (though clearly false) news about their projected success and the fact that their stock price can’t fail to rise. (more…)

Tagged with: CleanTech Good Investments, cleantech investors 2GreenEnergy, Yahoo Finance I quote below

Is Human Activity Causing Climate Change? That Depends on Whom You Ask.

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Climate Change

Here’s good reading for those who don’t mind laughing and crying at the same time: the U.S. Senate’s discussion and voting on the acceptance of the theory of climate change.

I’m reminded of the report I wrote a few years ago, based on a survey of 200 people, the conclusion of which is this: people recognize that there are pressing environmental issues, climate disruption among them, but believe strongly that the U.S. government will never take the appropriate action to address this. Thus the title of the press release: “We’re Screwed.”

Tagged with: acceptance of the theory of climate change, Human Activity Causing Climate Change, U.S. Senate

Top Renewable Energy Author “Bullish” on the Future — Craig Shields' Fourth Book Takes Unexpected Turn

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Renewables - Business

I’m sure there are people who enjoy writing press releases; I just happen not to be one of them, especially since they require such an appalling lack of modesty. Yet I force myself to crank one out every time I publish a new book; a colleague told me long ago this was a good idea, and I’ve taken his advice ever since.

Here’s what I wrote for “Bullish on Renewable Energy.”

Tagged with: Bullish in Renewable Energy, Craig Shields' Fourth Book, Top Renewable Energy Author

Improving Conditions for the Poorest of the Poor

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Sustainability

Here’s one of those “What’s wrong with this picture” quizzes.

Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of their Foundation, the most powerful philanthropic force on Earth, gave an hour-long interview on Charlie Rose (PBS) that aired last night. Here are my notes, followed by a comment: (more…)

Tagged with: better family planning, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charlie Rose PBS, families that are healthier stronger and smaller, malaria

Young Man Writes School Paper on the Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Renewables - Business

A high school boy from Sarasota, Florida (pictured) writes:

Mr. Shields: I am a student at Sarasota Christian School, and in my English class we are doing research topics. My research topic is alternative energy, and my question is, do you agree with that renewable energy is more cost efficient and better for the environment then nonrenewable energy. I would love to get your opinion on this, (more…)

Tagged with: Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy, defining the term “cost-effectiveness”, health and environmental issues, lowest price per kilowatt-hour, renewable energy better for the environment

Books on Sustainability Offer Harmonious Messages

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Sustainability

Whenever I publish a new book (like Bullish on Renewable Energy) it gets me thinking of all the other books coming out at the same time, and how, I’d like to think, they weave themselves together into a kind of tapestry on the subject of sustainability.

I just came across what appears to be a fabulous work by an author/photographer who shows that the Earth’s polar regions are some of the planet’s most fragile places, that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere else on Earth, and snow and ice cover are declining significantly. (more…)

Tagged with: Arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere else on Earth, Books on Sustainability, Bullish on Renewable Energy, Earth's polar regions, photographer Camille Seaman

From a Guest Blogger: Sustainable Forestry Is a Top Priority

craigshieldsPosted on January 22, 2015 Posted in Sustainability

Any business today, whether it is more than 100 years old or a new start-up is looking for sustainable operating methods. Sukanto Tanoto is an example of one businessman and entrepreneur who promotes sustainable forestry practices and land management techniques. The main aim is that whatever resources that are available today are still there in the future.

What Is Sustainable Forestry? (more…)

Tagged with: land management techniques, sustainable forestry, sustainable forestry practices

Nuclear Energy: Achieving Realism and Balance

craigshieldsPosted on January 21, 2015 Posted in Nuclear

A nuclear energy scientist from a group of which I’m a part writes:

(It wasn’t hard to see how) we came to agreement that a proven technology should be developed ASAP to produce abundant, clean energy, reduce existing health risks, and deliver global prosperity. Sending mixed signals to the public, in the form of: a) fear radiation at all costs, OR, (more…)

Tagged with: clean energy, fear radiation at all costs, Nuclear Energy Realism, nuclear energy scientists

Ocean Energy Conference Moving Back to Maine

craigshieldsPosted on January 21, 2015 Posted in Ocean Thermal

I’m still a bit aghast that the entire two-day Ocean Energy conference is conducted annually without a single mention of OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion). There are speakers promoting technologies in hydrokinetics and offshore wind, who, when pressed, admit that they are not too close to (read: a million away from) commercial viability. Yet the show’s producers can’t seem to mention something that’s already working its way into our energy mix in the warm waters around Earth’s equatorial countries. (more…)

Tagged with: Hydrokinetics, Ocean Energy Conference, offshore wind, OTEC ocean thermal energy conversion

Saving American Democracy–A Good Idea If You Care About Clean Energy–Or Anything Else

craigshieldsPosted on January 21, 2015 Posted in Renewables - Politics

It’s been a while since I’m mentioned the corruption in the U.S. government brought about by the Citizens United decision that, coincidentally, was handed down exactly five years ago. Long after it is overturned by what’s left of our democratic process, it will be remembered as a huge impediment to the will of the people of the 21st Century regarding everything we really care about: a sane energy policy, Wall Street reform, a return to quality public education, and so forth. (more…)

Tagged with: Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Citizens United decision, corruption in the U.S. government, sane energy policy, Saving American Democracy