Category: Renewables – Politics

This morning’s keynote address at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum was delivered by Pennsylvania’s ex-governor Ed Rendell, who spoke on the possibilities that renewable energy may gain traction through politics. I suppose anything’s possible, so I tried to track with …

Renewable Energy Gets an Impressive Rhetorical Push from Ed Rendell Read More »

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Frequent commenter Cameron Atwood writes: What really astonishes me is when people who claim to support a free market solution then complain about subsidies to truly clean and sustainable renewable energy, but fail to even mention the sturdy government crutches …

“Bad Socialism” at Work in US Energy Policy Read More »

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…continued from an earlier post… Trends in Caring About Renewable Energy Since the question was first asked in 2002, NMI has been tracking answers to the question, “I care about the use of renewable energy sources.” Those that completely agree …

[The Vector] NREL: Consumer Attitudes About Renewable Energy: Trends and Regional Differences – Continued Read More »

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A reader points out: I feel that as long as clean energy has proponents who use words such as “elite, rich, etc”, it will continue to turn off a lot of people. I have gone to zoning meetings in which …

Renewable Energy — Supported By a Range of Political Viewpoints Read More »

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Alex C. writes in: We need to migrate to MORE fossil fuels and nuclear because they are the most economical. The Tea Party movement in the USA will assure in 2012 that we elect DRILL BABY DRILL candidates and we …

Divergent Viewpoints on Renewable Energy Read More »

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Apparently, the Fox News article “Four Dirty Secrets about Clean Energy” is going viral, as I just got it from a friend who is normally not too closely connected to the subject.  I have to hand it to these guys; …

Fox News: Four Dirty Secrets about Clean Energy Read More »

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An old friend told me the other day that his 25-year-old son had asked him what he thought life on Earth would be like in 100 years. Quite a good question, I think. But are there any answers that don’t …

What Will Life on Earth Be Like in 2111? Read More »

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Eric Mathis is obviously a young man who “gets it.”  He posted a comment on my piece on Joe Biden’s speech that I put on Renewable Energy World, in which he linked to a post he wrote on GreenForAll. In it …

Secretary Chu: United States Faces a Choice in Energy Read More »

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When I was growing up as a small boy near Philadelphia, I remember discussions with my father , colorful as they were, on the people in the states within half a day’s drive of us.  Then, when I moved up …

Vermont Really Is Different in So Many Ways — Energy Policy Is Only One Read More »

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I don’t know how excited to get about the podcast contained in this article – mostly because it’s so riddled in military double-speak that it’s practically incomprehensible. But here’s a story that, I believe, communicates that two extremely highly placed …

Senior Pentagon Officials Say National Security Should Be Achieved Through Peaceful Means — At Least That’s What I Think They Said Read More »

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