I had a short but interesting conversation with a friend earlier today about gay rights and the remarkable progress that the gay community has made in eroding the stigma attached to homosexuality and gaining social parity with heterosexuals in such …
Category: Renewables – Politics
The Adoption of Renewable Energy Requires Fighting Entrenched Interests
During a talk on the adoption curve for renewable energy with a friend this morning, I mentioned that a huge factor is politics; in particular, any gains in solar and wind come as the result of the tooth-and-nail fights with …
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Tagged with: adoption curve for renewable energy, adoption of renewable energy, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), gains in solar and wind fights with enormous powers dead-set stopping them, Oklahoma Senator A.J. Griffin, tax individuals using distributed generation from solar panels or wind turbines
The Campaign to Discredit Clean Energy Can Only Intensify
I had lunch yesterday at the American Wind Energy Association conference with an interesting gentleman who, quite successfully from what I could discern, develops PV and wind projects in the U.S. and Latin America. The actual business model varies: where …
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Tagged with: American Wind Energy Association, efforts to squash renewable energy, get rid of net-metering provisions, kill ARPA-E funding of cleantech R&D., PTC (production tax credit), renewable energy is a drain on the economy, renewable energy is a job killer, renewable energy is a waste of money, renewable energy is part of a socialist agenda, repeal RPSs (renewable portfolio standards)
Tom Steyer – Using His Money for the Good of the World Around Him
I’m going to enjoy listening to Tom Steyer (pictured here) speak at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) next Tuesday evening. I’ve written about him several times in the past; I often offer this encapsulated explanation of the …
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Earth Day – a Good Time to Bury the Hatchet With Respect to Clean Energy
Each month, we read more about the battle heating up between the traditional energy industry (the providers of fossil fuels, power generation, transmission, and distribution) – versus renewable energy. But aren’t they natural enemies? Can anyone be too shocked that …
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National Security and Renewable Energy
I spent most of the afternoon yesterday with 2GreenEnergy intern Louis de Saint Phalle, talking about the project he’s working on: a set of articles that will lay out the main issues associated with the adoption of renewable energy. The …
Bernie Sanders, Who Honestly Stands for Environmental and Social Justice, Might Run for the U.S. Presidency?
There is no doubt that, were he to run for president, Independent Party superstar Bernie Sanders would garner a great deal of support, for any or all of the six reasons that the author of this article suggests. Perhaps …
Tagged with: Bernie Sanders, corruption from Big Oil in creating a playing field in which renewable energy finds itself at a distinct disadvantage, Environmental justice, George W. Bush and the health of the environment, U.S. Supreme Court decisions empower corporations and super-rich individuals to contribute as much as they’d like to influence our elections in any direct they choose
National Security Implications of U.S. Energy Policy
2GreenEnergy intern Louis de Saint Phalle is among the hardest working people I’ve ever run across. The metaphor of the shark comes to mind; he feels he needs to be constantly in motion, driving towards his goal — in this …
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Apparently, Renewable Energy Is Viewed as Controversial
At the risk of stating the obvious, there is a real debate going on as to the legitimacy of renewable energy, smart grid, distributed generation, energy storage, efficiency, etc. Do we, as a society, have the right to implement these …
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Energy Policy and Its National Security Implications
Here is another note to our terrific new intern, Louis de Saint Phalle, who just asked me during a phone call if I had any other ideas to guide his research and writing on the national security implications of energy …
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