Lockheed Martin – Making a Difference in Renewable Energy
I had a terrific meeting this afternoon with some very bright and progressive people at Lockheed Martin. They hope to be huge contributors to the development of a number of different flavors of renewable energy, and I, of course, am going to do everything I can to help bring that to fruition.
And let me tell you, these people think big. They need to; they’re a $47 billion / year company; they can’t be occupying themselves with little stuff that doesn’t make a difference to themselves or anyone else.
More on this shortly.
Humankind is watching the “train-wreck in slow motion” that is the decline of the Earth’s natural environment at the hands of our civilization’s reckless energy policy. And we all know that we will one day acquire the ability to harvest the measly fraction of the energy we receive from the sun (1/6000th) necessary to turn off all other sources of power. Even 
I’m proud to be a co-founder of a new website: EmpowerTheOcean, a repository for educational and inspirational content on ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), a technology that provides great promise for the low-cost and eco-friendly provision of electricity to the approximately one billion of us who live near tropical oceans. I hope you’ll check it out and contribute your own thoughts – recognizing that it is, for now at least, brand new. Consider yourself a pioneer!
Below I’ve linked to a video gone viral that I wanted to share because it illustrates a phenomenon that we see all around us and, to some degree defines our civilization today. I call it: “The good are getting better,” which means that the top players in each field are constantly improving.
It’s the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose affinity for the leisure class served as the driving force behind many of the classics he produced in the early 20th Century. Somewhere along the way, Fitzgerald wrote something that I’ve always treasured: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
Here in the U.S., the 
Production of energy is one of the most crucial challenges facing many countries across the world. Energy production method varies from one point to another but what makes it expensive is the cost of production. Bio gas is one of the most efficient gases that have gained worldwide recognition because of energy production. 
It’s always good to see credible people debunking the myth that renewable energy is expensive. Though there are many possible dimensions to this discussion, Colorado ex-governor Bill Ritter takes the most obvious tack possible in his Wall Street Journal blog, i.e., explaining that, depending on various conditions, 
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me this 
I just took a break from a bicycle ride at one of the local wineries and happened to strike up a conversation with a guy who had driven up to our valley from nearby Santa Barbara – the site of yesterday’s protest march against the Keystone XL Pipeline, which we discussed for a few seconds. “Oh, I think we ought to build it,” he affirmed. “There’s no way that oil is going to stay in the ground; why shouldn’t we benefit?” 
