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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

All the bad news about the U.S. economy further heightens our fascination with Steve Jobs, a man whose life’s work showed us all the power of innovation. Indeed, if there is hope for Americans to propel themselves back into a position of leadership in world commerce, it lies precisely here, in our ability to develop and implement new technologies. And, of course, no industrial sector is more receptive to new thinking than clean energy.

A friend of mine came across this tribute to Jobs in Northern California the other day, and created this wonderful slide show commemorating not only the man but the concept of innovation itself. Hope you enjoy.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Of course, few readers live close to Santa Barbara, CA, USA. But those who do should consider attending this lecture by Daniel Yergin, one of the greatest contributors of our world’s understanding of the economic and politics of energy.

Wednesday night at 8.  And it’s free! Anyone wish to join me?

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Efficiency

Do you want to use alternative energy in your home or office? Non-renewable energy sources are causing a world of trouble for the world. Their amount is limited. Their emission of carbon into the sky is sky-high. Their cost is controlled by the companies that collect and process them. Fortunately, alternative energy sources can help not only to save the Earth, but also your money. By taking some basic steps, you can use various alternative energy sources, in order to reduce your utility bills. Here are some of the most effective methods: (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Electric Vehicles

BIOVOLT PICKUP TRUCKS
— A conceptual offering
— by Jim Miller

1. OVERVIEW
Do you want a light pickup truck which gets 60 to 120 miles per gallon of fuel? So do we. Do you want that pickup powerful enough to pull a loaded trailer up a steep grade? Do you want a pickup body which, while a bit older than the show-room model, is much less costly to buy and run? So do we. That’s why we have invented the BIOVOLT pickup. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Fossil Fuels

Jim Miller, long-time supporter of what we’re doing here writes back on the title for my next book, “The obvious choice is DEAD ENERGY.”

When I wrote back, “Wow. That makes a statement, doesn’t it?” he responded as follows:

Craig,

Yes it does. In fact it makes several statements: (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

By: Ollie Oelofse, Founder and CEO, True North Bridged Technologies, Inc.  Sacramento, CA

By: Yvonne R. Davis, M.S. M.A., P.C., Chief Operating Officer and Director of International Relations, True North Bridged Technologies, Inc.,  Sacramento, CA

More than participating in “Going Green” initiatives around the globe, or becoming a member of an elite clique of high minded Green Revolutionaries who now more-than-ever pro-actively engage in sustainable capitalism, the crisis we face is that time is no longer on our side to convince the masses to make an attitude adjustment towards authentic social consciousness for change. The clock has struck Midnight.  Our base level of existence is in jeopardy.  According to the United Nations Environment Agency within 50-years over 3-billion humans will be in dire straights because they will have limited or no access to water. Inclusive of the developed world, food nsecurity will continue to rise and take a poll position in the lives of children and families.  Abraham Maslow’s first hierarchy of need – food, shelter and clothing is a dying luxury. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

We tend to be acutely aware that the quality of so much of the “stuff” we have in our lives is deteriorating.  As I’ve written in connection with the wonderful series The Story of Stuff, this is due in large measure to planned obsolescence; manufacturers go to great pains to build things that will fall apart, but not so  soon that customers will become so furious as to never buy from them again.  I’ve come to learn that this is a modern-day art-form.

On the other hand, since I’ve promised to put on a happier face, let me point out that the quality of other things in our lives is actually going through the roof. The example most people might think of first in this connection is technology, especially health care and communications. We live longer, healthier, and far more connected lives than anytime in the past. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Soon we’ll be getting started with a blog that I propose to call “Corporate Role Models,” in which we herald some of the good things corporate citizens are doing in lowering carbon footprint, and aiming at sustainability more generally. We’re trying to focus especially in lifecycle analysis, looking backwards at all parts of the supply chains, and looking forward at the use and ultimate disposal of products.

There are many reasons I want to do this:

1) A great deal of the content here might suggest, at least at the surface, that corporations are bad. Starting with the oil companies and branching out from there, I often write about corporate malfeasance, or about our broken legal system, which has wrong-headedly bestowed corporations with far more rights than were intended under the U.S. Constitution. But in truth, there is nothing bad about corporations per se; in fact, they’ve played a critically important role in the entire development of Western civilization, beginning in the days of ancient Rome, when they were the vehicles by which the aqueducts, roads, and universities were built. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Efficiency

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It’s been 130 years since Edison and Tesla did their thing in the late 19th Century, putting the theoretical work of Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell to practical use.  No offense to those who’ve made contributions during the intervening years, but there have been astonishingly few breakthroughs in this field over an enormous period of time.   

Here, I  discuss something that I do, in fact, believe to be a major breakthrough.  

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

Are you trying to raise investment capital for your cleantech business idea? Perhaps you’re looking for the easiest, friendliest way to get your concept in front of someone who can help move it forward.  We at 2GreenEnergy may be that “someone.”

Speaking for me personally, I like to think of myself as a “big picture guy.” I don’t have too much patience for 85-page business plans, but I absolutely love analyzing concepts at a 50,000-foot level. It takes me just a few seconds to wrap my wits around the highlights, and determine if I can help – which I sometimes can, by tapping into relationships that I maintain with VCs, angels, private equity, and institutional investors. (more…)