Category: Renewables – Business

A funny thing happened when we launched Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies last week. Of course, I was hoping it would do well in the categories to which Amazon.com had assigned it: energy, engineering, and physics. And while it went …

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I don’t think of myself as overly suspicious of the motives of others. But I have to say that I recoil at the end of every PBS NewsHour when Jim Lehrer signs off and we’re told that the broadcast was …

Should the News Coverage of the Energy Industry Meet Chevron's Approval? Read More »

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I received no fewer than 19 comments (and counting) to the post I put up on Renewable Energy World on “GM and Chevy Volt – Can They Be Trusted?” I knew this would be a hot topic. I notice how …

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Jigar Shah is the CEO of the Carbon War Room in Washington DC, the non-profit brainchild of Sir Richard Branson that brings to bear the tools of free-market capitalism to forward the aims of sustainability in some terrifically clever ways. …

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Municipal fleets, including buses and other forms of city transportation, use a heavy amount of energy every year.  Much like the military, we’ve seen a steady decline in the rate at which they consume. Factors include: Manufacturing (technology) People living …

From Guest Blogger Jack Lundee: CGI on Sustainable Transportation Read More »

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If you haven’t already looked into my new book, Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies, as well as the special offers for purchasing it on Friday, October 29, 2010, I encourage you to do so. I provide a broad survey …

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Here’s another notice about the launch of my book, Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies, on Amazon.com.  Again, the big day is Friday, October 29, 2010. And, to that end, here’s another incentive that I hope you’ll find attractive.

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I’m back from my annual chili cook-off with what’s left of my Peruvian Chili. No honors this year. I had to use beans, since I had it so hot it would have incapacitated most of the crowd had I not …

How Can We Dismantle Russia's Biological Weapons Program? Stop Buying Their Oil Read More »

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I had the first in a series of interviews with Dr. Robert Pollin from UMass Amherst’s Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute this morning, in an effort to triangulate on a central issue: What is the precise economic …

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I’ve been preparing for my upcoming interview with Bob Pollin, Economics Professor at UMass Amherst, as the basis for my next book – this one on Clean Energy Job Creation. Here’s a list of questions I hope to cover. Please …

Interview with Bob Pollin for My Book on Clean Energy Job Creation Read More »

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