A reader notes: I want to share with you my recent appointment at (a leading management and technology university) as an Adjunct Professor. I will be charged with teaching and mentoring students in their doctoral and graduate management programs, and …
Books on Renewable Energy Sometimes Made Part of College Syllabi Read More »
In 2011, I did a talk on clean energy and transportation at the incredibly palatial Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles (pictured), at the conclusion of which a gentleman introduced himself and told me about a zero-emissions vehicle he was building. …
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo placed a three-part note on my pieces on the Low Carbon Investment conference and this one on Amory Lovins, which I summarize as follows: 1) Amory Lovins isn’t really credible. 2) The study from Yale University suggesting …
Whenever I encounter someone who believes that a huge penetration of variable energy resources (mainly solar and wind) can only come with the advent of cost-effective energy storage, I always recommend this presentation from energy innovator Amory Lovins. I’ve seen …
MarcoPolo, a politically conservative reader from Australia, writes: Solar power will continue to grow in importance as part of every developed nation’s energy dynamic. With growing popularity, it will provide problems for the older distribution power utilities, that must not …
In response to my piece “Heard It At the Low Carbon Investors Conference, frequent commenter “MarcoPolo” writes: Nobody is saying that research and investment into alternate energy technologies, is dead. Nor would any reasonable person suggest that alternate energy technologies, …
Is the Migration to Renewable Energy a Revolution or an Evolution? Read More »
A reader with terrific environmental sensibilities notes: My house is made of used 2x4s and used fibreglas batts, and consumes about 25% of the energy of my neighbours’ conventionally built/operated homes. I have this amazing light (called a JOI) which …
Our Civilization’s Transition to Environmentalism Read More »
Some businesses have been very slow to implement environmentally friendly changes into the running of their enterprise. Partly this may be down to fear that taking green initiatives will be expensive and partly it may be that they don’t recognise …
From Guest Blogger James Tipton: The Avoidance of "Going Green" in Business Read More »
English poet Alexander Pope was born this day in 1688, who left us with this: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. That’s something to think about in …
The Ever-Accelerating Migration to Renewable Energy Read More »
It’s no secret that Google is the world’s most rapidly diversifying company, and I found further proof of this yesterday when I had the pleasure of meeting Rick Needham, Google’s Director of Energy and Sustainability, at the Low Carbon Investing …
