The other day I wrote a post on my Renewable Energy World blog which garnered a number of interesting comments that I thought I’d pass along. I began the post by indicating that important events in the world generally happen …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Call for Guest Bloggers
Do you have something you’d like to say to the thousands of people who visit us here at 2GreenEnergy? Would you like to write on the technology, the business, or the political aspects of what is arguably the most important …
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Say Adios to Campaign Finance Reform
I have to laugh. Yesterday I happened to mention campaign finance reform, hoping, in my boyish naivete, for a miracle that would somehow enable our leaders to push for legislature that favors people, rather than corporate interests. But what happened …
Clean Energy Will Happen — But Not for the Right Reasons
Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator, and he was removed from power, but it only came to pass because he happened to become the target of the hubris of G.W. Bush. Just as Hussein’s ouster was a good thing …
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Renewable Energy and Morality
In the talk Dr. David Mills gave recently in on solar thermal, he closed by telling his audience that renewable energy was “a moral issue,” meaning, of course, that we as a species have a series of related ethical obligations …
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Optimism at RenewableEnergyWorld
I posted this optimistic year-end piece on RenewableEnergyWorld. The availability of solutions to our planet’s many woes is really a function of the number of people who get involved and insist that their voices be heard. And, as I’ve noted in …
Oilman Psychology
I conducted my interview with ex-CIA director James Woolsey a few days ago, for the “national security” chapter of my book on renewables. I just posted a blog on RenewableEnergyWorld — getting into the subject of oilman psychology and cowboy …
Preaching to the Choir
The only downside I see to spending a few minutes of my life every day writing a new blog post is the concern I have for “preaching to the choir.” With few exceptions, it seems to me that the people …
Energy Conservation
For some reason, I’m always somewhat surprised to read comments about conservation – they’re numerous, and they’re heartfelt. Frequent commentor Dan Conine writes: The first alternative energy project that should always be funded is CONSERVATION. THEN whatever we do, won’t …
Why is Cold Fusion Under Attack?
The blog I posted on Renewable Energy World yesterday on cold fusion has already gotten a few insightful comments. The common theme seems to be the sad fact that politics, rather science in its dispassionate purity, is the leading driver …
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