Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters think finding new sources of energy is more important than reducing current energy consumption. And sixty percent (60%) think investing in renewable energy sources like solar, wind and wave energy is a better long-term …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Speaking Out Against the Madness and Demanding a Sane Energy Policy
One of my son’s courses at college this semester is the History of the 1960s. Helping him prepare for a test just now reminded me of those days of political and social awareness – how a generation of young people …
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The Renewable Energy Discussion — Patterns Emerge
When I get up every morning, I take my cup of coffee, sit down, and read the news in the energy sector – often including a few comments from bloggers. As one might expect, there are patterns that develop, a …
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[The Vector] Survey Says Tea Party and Independent Voters Differ Significantly on Clean Energy
California's Clean Air Initiative Survives a Death Threat — But Why?
I’m happy to announce that California voters soundly rejected Proposition 23 – a proposal that would have essentially killed the state’s clean air initiative. But exactly why? I’m not sure anyone will ever know. Prop 23 was backed almost entirely …
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So We Get a Smaller and More Accountable Government? Read the Fine Print
Congratulations to the Republicans on their victories yesterday, running successfully on the message of a smaller and more accountable government. But I hasten to point out that there is identically zero precedent for Republican’s (or Democrat’s) actually delivering on that …
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Renewable Energy and Current Events
Here’s a blog post I put up on Renewable Energy World, addressing a question a friend posed: What part of your recent book (Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies) aligns most closely with the major news stories of the day? …
A Reader's Comment on Christine O'Donnell
Re: my piece the other day on Christine O’Donnell, a buddy from high school writes: Like John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, it appears she is on a mission form God. Her latest quote is, “God, you gave me this desire. …
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Christine O'Donnell – Cute as a Button, But Needs a New Career
My mother is not concerned that Christine O’Donnell dabbled in witchcraft. I suppose I’m not either. My concern is she dabbles in ignorance – in fact, she frolics in it. How does a person run for public office — let …
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Robert Reich on Corporate Personhood
I happened to be driving across the Los Angeles basin yesterday to see a local client when I heard the radio commentary of Robert Reich (Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton) on the exact issue we’ve been discussing here: the implications of …
