Young People Jumping Into Distributed Generation, Efficiency, and Conservation
A reader just emailed me to say:
I saw your post referring to an article about Norway investing in alternative energy while I was doing some research on solar power. I enjoyed it very much and was glad you shared it with your readers, including myself.
I wonder if you’d heard much about the recent push for “zero-net” household; home and business owners are reducing their energy use and creating their own electricity in various ways. (more…)
Anyone who expects the French to fall in line with conventional thinking on energy (or on anything, really) grossly misunderstands these people. Part of what attracts me to their culture is that they couldn’t care less what the rest of the world thinks of them. 
Here’s an article that makes the same point that 
Writing for EmpowerTheOcean, my colleague Emma Websdale notes that 
I hope readers will check this out: 
I have a good feeling that U.S. President Obama will axe the Keystone XL Pipeline. My reasoning has nothing to do with the noise that environmentalists are making, though I’m not discounting that effect altogether. I’m thinking that none of the other things he seems to want to get accomplished currently (having passed the Affordable Care Act) have any chance of happening. Congress shot gun control dead and said “adios” to immigration reform. What about a grand bargain? Are you serious? 
Here’s news of a 
Here’s a reasoned, lively but civil debate on the 
Here’s a good discussion on the 
