Re: the meme here, a friend writes, “I haven’t verified it, but I believe it.” Yes, that’s about right. In round numbers we have: $6 * 1012 / (2 * 101 years * 104 hours/year) = 3 * 107 = …
Category: Renewables – Business
The Perplexing Nature of U.S. Government Spending
According to my dashboard here at 2GreenEnergy, approximately 40% of people reading these words live outside U.S. borders, and these folks may not understand how it’s possible that the most powerful country on Earth could be so bizarre in its …
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Off-Topic in a Big Way: Changes in the Associated Press Stylebook
When I was told that the writing services I was performing for my client American Diversified Energy needed to conform to their stylebook, I was somewhat shocked. Who has their own? ADE is a very professional organization, and they certainly …
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Is Saudi Arabia Really Moving to Renewables?
The word on the street for the past couple of years has been that Saudi Arabia is continuing to sell oil on the world market, but moving to renewable energy, largely solar, for its own use domestically. But when they …
A Helpful Little Tip, Or a Unique Writing Style?
Here’s a reminder that great communicators seldom are completely prosaic in their writing style. Just brilliant, IMO. Of course, if I started incorporating this writing approach into my clients’ cleantech business plans, I’m not sure they’d be as amused as …
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Japanese Manufacturing Technology
Few people know the story of how the Japanese rose to prominence in technology. Briefly, if goes like this: At the end of World War II, Japan lay in ruins and had very few prospects for recovery.
80% of Coal Power Plants in the EU Are Bleeding Red Ink
As I mentioned, the local high school kid I’m tutoring in history is studying the Industrial Revolution and its broad economic and social ramifications. Among the most important points here is laizzes faire capitalism / free market economics, as represented …
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Expressing Oneself Creatively
I know what it’s like to struggle to be heard. Yes, 2GreenEnergy has 6K+ subscribers, but I sure wish it were 6M+ or 60M+. That’s why it’s so easy to appreciate the creativity others are showing in developing novel ways …
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The Migration to Renewables Is Often Political, Thus Painfully Slow
Regarding my recent piece The Caribbean: Making Renewables Happen, a childhood friend with whom I’ve recently reconnected Candace Sneberger (of international travel fame) writes: When will be get the USVI (U.S. Virgin Islands) on board with renewable energy? So glad …
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Book Publishing Has Hot Moments
Environmentalist Paul Hawken ended his talk today at the Bioneers conference with a story about the publishing of his latest book Drawdown, that presents the myriad ways of reversing the decline of our ecosystems. Apparently, Penguin Random House had heartburn …
