There is a wide variety of ways to ruin the planet, yet it’s possible that the Trump administration has identified and implemented every single one. Some are obvious. Let’s subsidize fossil fuels so as to make renewable energy less attractive. …
Category: Renewables – Business
The Pandemic and the Economy
Below is the heart of the discussion I have frequently with people re: the pandemic. Apparently, the math here is hard for some folks to get. Once understood, however, it’s easy to understand the unacceptable consequences of what the “open …
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Coal Losing to Solar and Wind, But Is It Happening Fast Enough?
Solar and wind produce 12% of the energy the U.S. consumes, according to this report, a figure that has doubled in the last five years. Teaming up with nuclear, the three carbon-free sources of power are steadily replacing coal. Coal …
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No Law That Says Ya Can’t
The owner of this unique contraption could have had his air conditioning fixed, but why go to all the trouble and expense when there is such an elegant alternate solution? This reminds me of so many of the renewable energy …
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Help ExxonMobil Boost Profits and Ruin the Environment
ExxonMobil wants you on board, campaigning to reduce the regulations that keep them from boosting earnings by torching the environment. As if that weren’t a sufficient insult to your intelligence on its own, they think you’re so stupid that you …
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Disentangling Natural Gas from Renewable Energy
About 2% of all natural gas produced in the U.S. leaks into the atmosphere before reaching the end customer – about 600 billion cubic feet each year, or the annual gas consumption in Virginia. This, of course, is one of …
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Solar Power and AI will Enable the First Self-Piloted Crossing of The Atlantic, But What Exactly Is the Point?
When Lincoln was shot in 1865, it took two weeks before the people in London and Paris learned what had happened. When Krakatoa erupted just 18 years later, people all over the world knew about it within minutes. The difference, …
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“America, We’re Looking at You with Our Jaws on the Floor” — Great Article from a Nobel Laureate
Here’s a short piece in Newsweek from José Ramos-Horta, former President of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He begins: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany recently said, “the world is looking at us as a leader in COVID-19.” She …
Hawai‘i Phases Out Coal
The Hawai‘i State Senate passed a bill that would prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from extending or renewing any contracts to generate energy from coal and phase out the use of coal in Hawai‘i by the end of 2022. Despite …
If You’re Going To Invest, Think First
An online braggadocio writes, Those that (sic) have followed my investment recommendations over the years, know that I have long been a fan of silver. I have also made it clear that there would be a point at which silver …
