Africa faces the greater challenge of energy access, energy availability and energy affordability than all the rest of the world. Assessment undertaken in 2008, Africa was the lowest per capita energy consumer averaging 0.66 tons of oil equivalents (TOE) compared …
From Guest Blogger Joshua Okomo: Top Challenges to Develop Green Energy in Africa Read More »
A reader from the U.K., Derek Deighton, writes: I’m sorry, am I missing something? Does it matter what America thinks and does? Assuming no doomsday, America is not going to be more than at best an equal partner in a …
Americans Are Patriotic, But Sadly Misled Regarding Energy Read More »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s clarity of viewpoint, not to mention writing style, is quite impressive. In this short masterpiece, Big Carbon’s Sock Puppets Declare War on America and the Planet, he correctly identifies the issues that lie at the core …
What’s Behind America’s Pitiful Abdication of World Financial Leadership? Read More »
It’s the 317th birthday of Voltaire, one of my favorite people in history. I loved Candide, the work for which he’s best known today, but I admire him even more for his free-minded political philosophy, exemplified by this pithy remark: …
Those of you writing books or blogs about Renewable Energy – take note of this recent article in the N.Y. Times: Very sad what our country has evolved into. The “Renewable Energy: Bubble, Scam or Both?” Is spot on. Everyone …
From Guest Blogger Don Harmon on: “Renewable Energy: Bubble, Scam or Both?” Read More »
“Why would anyone be interested in that?” some (super-candid) person asked me recently during a conversation about renewable energy and how it costs more than burning coal. I could see what was implied: that our rights and obligations begin and …
Why Would Anyone Be Interested in Renewable Energy? Read More »
If you’re willing to take part in a very brief survey, I think you’ll find this one particularly interesting. Here, in our continuing quest to understand why the world (especially the U.S.) is moving so slowly in the direction of …
The Proper Role of Government in the Migration to Renewables Read More »
It’s good to see MoveToAmend.Org gaining steam. On Tuesday, an overwhelming 75 percent of voters in Missoula, Montana said that corporations aren’t people, and shouldn’t receive the same legal treatment as people. The referendum’s sponsor, Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken, is apparently pretty …
It’s the birthday of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, whose murder in 1940 I believe to be one of the most significant events in recent human history. Where Stalin was a vicious thug, Trotsky was an intellectual. Who knows what …
It’s the birthday of John Philip Sousa, the “March King,” born in 1854. Best known for his patriotic music, the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn “Semper Fidelis,” and of course “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Sousa loved a rousing live performance, and …
What the Great Patriots of History Would Say About Our Energy Policy Read More »
