I volunteer to answer questions regarding clean energy on Quora.com. Here, Tobi Ogunnaike writes: What are the most promising startups or companies pursuing innovative approaches to renewable energy generation? You happen to be talking to the right guy. For the …
Category: Renewables – Business
Corporations and Sustainability
I’m giving a talk later this month on the subject of multinational corporations and their participation in environmental stewardship and sustainability. I get the distinct impression that the guy who invited me to speak expects this to be uplifting, and, …
Renewables Threaten Big Oil—And the Gloves Come Off
When I first became seriously interested in renewable energy about a decade ago, several people told me: “Renewables aren’t on Big Oil’s radar screen right now, since clean energy’s penetration into the overall energy mix is next to nothing. But …
Renewables Threaten Big Oil—And the Gloves Come Off Read More »
From 2GreenEnergy: Thanks, Gracias, Arigato, Danke, Merci, Etc.
As shown in the graphic below, which I copied from the annual report that WordPress sent us on our yearly stats, we had visitors from 185 different countries in 2015. Thanks to all our bloggers, commenters, advertisers, clients, and certainly …
From 2GreenEnergy: Thanks, Gracias, Arigato, Danke, Merci, Etc. Read More »
The Economic Validity of Solar and Wind Power
A reader asked me to comment on this article by Andrew Follett, “Top 11 Problems Plaguing Solar and Wind Power,” in which the author makes his assertions and I respond to each. Here goes: 1: Power Storage Is Incredibly Expensive …
More on the Path To Clean Energy
Regarding my post: The Path to Clean Energy, a university professor in Arizona notes: Craig, I agree with everything, save one thing: why can’t we lead a worldwide effort to spaced-based solar, with huge energy fields in China and India to …
Like So Many Other Things in Our World, Marketing Messages Keep Getting Better
For those harboring the erroneous belief that the quality of marketing messages has remained largely unchanged over the past few decades, I offer this:
Tagged with: Marketing Messages
California Very Important To the Development of CleanTech
Re: my post to the effect that companies like Google and Apple aren’t going to sit around and watch humankind fry the planet, reader “Frank” in Florida notes: Again we are so on the same page! The comparison I was …
California Very Important To the Development of CleanTech Read More »
There are Super-Powers on This Planet Unconnected to Big Oil–And They Won't Allow Humankind To Destroy Itself
A reader asks, “Isn’t it possible that the huge tech giants will come out of the clouds and invest heavily in the renewable energy / efficiency sector?” Absolutely. I’m sure companies like Google and Apple both have huge plans in …
The Path to Clean Energy
The migration to renewables is best understood as a three-phase process: First, we have the task of replacing coal in the grid mix, which is happening with great effectiveness in our world today. The cost of PV, wind, other renewable …
Tagged with: 196 countries just got together and said they want to make a concerted effort to migrate away from fossil fuels at the maximum practical rate, a solution that doesn't include China and India isn't a solution at all, activity in the clean energy space, advanced nuclear, electric transportation for cars and light-duty trucks, keep the world addicted to dirty energy, migration to renewables three-phase process, oil companies most powerful group in the history of human society, replacing coal in the grid mix
