I want to make sure my book on renewables contains a robust chapter on the moral standards to which we need to hold our corporates; I’ve tentatively named this section “Corporate America – Managing Both Profits and Ethics.” I’m delighted …
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I’d like to call readers’ attention to a really important discussion occuring in the comments under the post re: the Business of Plugging. I encourage even more opinions on the subject here; please feel free to join in.
For my book on renewables, I just interviewed Brian Rutledge of the Audubon Society in Wyoming. I knew this would be an interesting talk, and I wasn’t disappointed. I spoke with Brian because I wanted to get a sense for …
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I’d like to introduce readers to Mike Austin, an extremely active proponent of eco-friendliness whom I met through a friend recently. In a phone call the other day, Mike explained how outrageous he finds the United States’ approach to the …
In marketing, the idea of “positioning” is rooted in the notion that we have space in our minds for precious few ideas, and we tend to associate the people, the products, and the companies in our lives with single concepts. …
The mission of the World Wildlife Fund is to “Speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves.” And certainly that’s the idea — standing up for biodiversity — that most of us conjure when we call the WWF to …
In my mind, one of the most important chapters in my upcoming book on renewable energy is what I refer to as the Watchdog. There is so much pressure brought to bear on public policy by the big oil and …
What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? This paradox is most often discussed in the context of God’s omnipotence (“Can God create a stone so heavy it cannot be lifted, not even by God Himself?”). I’m reminded …
Here is guest blogger Mike Brace’s letter to his representative Geoff Davis (R-KY) on the Obama Administration’s choice of projects that received funding in this round under ARPA-E. You’ll notice that he shares the many of the same sentiments that …
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I must say that I’m disappointed in this list of clean energy projects that the Obama Administration is funding with its stimulus money under ARPA-E. I use the word disappointed, a considerable understatement, insofar as I promised some of my …
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