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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Yesterday’s interview with my friend Wally Rippel that I conducted for the book I’m preparing on renewable energy is a moment in time I’ll never forget. I know I’ve commented on Wally numerous times here, and so I’ll try not …
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As I have often written, cleaning up government is integral to success in the migration to renewables. Big Energy routinely spends millions of dollars influencing legislation that will protect itself from the incursion of new technologies that will disrupt their …
In this post (the blog’s 100th, btw) I offer a video that I put together on the politics of renewables. I hope you enjoy it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V9vAu4oqI0&w=425&h=344]
I just came back from a walk around the ranch, disappointed at the condition of the 12 acres of pasture that had been so difficult and expensive to prepare when we expanded my wife’s horse breeding business a few years …
As I’ve noted in numerous posts, it is clear to me that the political aspects of renewable energy are far more important than the science in actually making this happen. I just had a phone conversation with a friend in …
Frequent contributor Sonny Carri wrote a long and eloquent comment about the coal industry, which I summarize here: Let’s work to get them on board, not be an adversary. Change requires coming together, not schism. Very thoughtful stuff as always, …
Renewables Vs. Coal – Can't We All Just Get Along? Read More »
I intend to make only a minimum of remarks about the ethics of environmental stewardship, for fear of preaching to the choir, as well as offering opinion on a site otherwise devoted to fact. Yet occasionally, experiences call upon me …
As I’m sure many readers have observed, I am normally cynical about the honesty of government. Even on Washington’s best day, I’d far rather see things happening in the private sector than in the public sector. Yet I have to …
