At a glance, the coal industry looks like this: • The U.S. is phasing it out, not because of environmental issues, but because of the relatively low cost of natural gas and renewable energy. We do, however, export the stuff.
Category: Renewables – Business
From “The Guardian” — Energy Analysts Forecast ‘the End of Coal’ in Asia as Japanese Investors Back Renewables
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More Bad News for Coal: Wind and Solar Are Getting Cheaper
Glenn Doty writes about this article on coal, solar and wind as follows: This is the most cruel truth regarding the GOP push for greater pollution/greater emissions/greater climate change. Renewable energy is cheaper.
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So Long, ARPA-E
Trump’s “Budget for a Better America” is great if you’re part of the military-industrial complex, as it calls for a huge increase in “defense” spending and almost $9 billion to build (at least a piece of) a wall on the …
Tagged with: Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy
Renewable Energy Doesn’t Always Follow the Rules
It seems that everywhere you look in the U.S. you see partisan politics. If Obama did it, it needs to go. If Trump supporters like it, it’s crap. That’s why it’s so nice to find a place where this rule simply …
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Why Is It So Hard for Our President to Condemn White Supremacy and Islamophobia?
The author of this article from The Nation asks a good question, but I’m going with the obvious: It’s just not his brand. If you sell hate, you don’t condemn hate groups.
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Trump and Environmental Collapse
Here is a well-made video outlining the seven major ways in which Donald Trump has worked to accelerate the rate of climate change and expand the damage that it’s causing. Yes, he has:
A Key Tip for Corporate Videos
I’m doing a writing project for a start-up in the renewable biofuels space, which has caused me to check out many dozens of competitors’ websites. Here’s one that bears comment; note the video, and how the company’s CEO starts with …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Norway’s Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Question: Norway (an oil state) is divesting its $1 trillion wealth fund from oil and gas companies. Why? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
High-Level Notes on the Green New Deal
Insofar as the concept of the “Green New Deal” is in the news, it’s worth looking at some of the broad ideas that would serve to support such a concept in general…or that might invalidate it as an unavoidably wasteful …
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Building Markets in CleanTech
Those of us who have been around the tech industry for a while have seen some interesting, cooperative plays among supposed “competitors” that are put into place in order to add force in the creation of new markets. But why …
