Let’s suppose that next 50 years produces no unpredictable Earth-shattering events. Let’s speculate that the world of 2070, given what we see today re: environmental decay/climate change, the trend towards fascism, the threat of nuclear war, and all the rest …
Category: Renewables – Business
Big Coal Has Big Friends
Recently, we reported that U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry (pictured) made an unsuccessful attempt to bail out the failing coal industry. His grand idea was to pass legislation that would subsidize energy sources that are physically located near the plants …
The Stock Market Is Not the Economy, But…
The price of a share of stock is a function of the expectations that buyers and sellers have for the underlying company’s future earnings.
Renewables Without Subsidies
Here’s an article in a newsletter for angel investors that describes how the plummeting cost of solar and wind is signalling the end of government subsidies.
Americans Have a Declining Relationship with Their Corporations
Over the last half century here in the U.S., there have been a few mega-trends that have redefined American life, and most of these are summed up in the work cynicism. We now have a pervasive distrust of government that, …
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Tagged with: tax breaks engineered by the Trump administration
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Environmental Collapse
Question: Since he took office, President Trump has made eliminating federal environmental regulations a top priority. Working in sync with help from Republicans in Congress, Trump has done everything possible to drive the success of the fossil fuel industry, stripping …
Tagged with: Air pollution and emissions, Animals, Clean Energy Answers, Drilling and extraction, drive the success of the fossil fuel industry, eliminating federal environmental, environmental collapse, Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure and planning, major environmental policies, take a cool guess, Toxic substances and safety, water pollution
For Goodness Sake, Make All the Money in Energy You Possibly Can
Apparently, Bernie Sanders wants to move all our IOUs (investor-owned power utilities) into the public sector, though I can’t image why. What’s the problem with making money if you’re doing it in an environment where you’re cleaning up your mess, …
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Power Utilities of Tomorrow: It’s Complicated
As the power utilities fight for their lives, given the defection of customers due to rooftop solar, they look to electric vehicles to replace all that load. Besides electricity generation itself, transportation is the biggest energy consumer in the U.S., …
Tagged with: CAFE/emissions standards, carbon taxes, defection of customers due to rooftop solar, electric vehicles replace load, electricity generation, EV incentive programs, overcharged for power, power utilities fight for their lives, Power Utilities of Tomorrow, society needs more solar and other low-carbon energy sources, stem climate change, transportation second biggest energy consumer
“High-level” Chinese Trade-talk Fabricated: Be Very Afraid
Trump made up those ‘high-level’ Chinese trade-talk calls to boost markets, aides admit.
Tagged with: "High-level" Chinese Trade-talks
Placed Correctly, Tax Cuts Actually Can Stimulate the Economy
As presented in this extremely well made video, it appears that the UK is wrestling with some of the same taxation and broader economic issues as we face here in the States.
