Brian Rutledge contributed to the book’s chapter called “Renewables and Environmental Stewardship – Thinking Through All the Implications.” His major point is that we want renewables, but they come at a cost – and part of that cost, ironically, is …
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About Brian Rutledge, Contributor to “Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies” from the Audubon Society
Why Antagonism Dominates Our Civilization
I’ve known Dan Conine for a couple of years now, and he never ceases to amaze me with his insight as a political philosopher and social critic. Here, he writes: We have got to….think about the general configuration of humanity. …
Pay It NOW — In Energy Policy — Or Anywhere Else — It's Wrong To Pass Burdens On
More people each day are disgusted with the course our civilization is taking. Whether your main concern is social injustice, proliferation of nuclear weapons, environmental ruination, white-collar criminality, the decay of morality, growing rates of addiction to recreational and psychiatric …
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[The Vector] Obama’s Oval Office Address and Renewable Energy
Any energy newsletter, including those covering renewable energy, must pay attention to what is happening with oil and other fossil fuels. Vector is no exception. Oil currently dominates the energy world. Let’s understand energy use in the U.S., courtesy of …
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[The Vector] Renewable Energy Renewable Energy News From Around the Country
Nipton, California Will Generate 85% of its Electricity from Skyline Solar Skyline Solar announced the first commercial installation of its High Gain Solar (HGS) 1000 system in a new municipal solar plant of the desert town. The 80 kilowatt plant …
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Obama’s Approval Ratings — and Energy
Below is a link to a piece I wrote recently for Renewable Energy World in which I attempt to explain President Obama’s falling approval ratings. In it, I point out that, although his administration has been hamstrung with compromises from …
Liquid Ammonia as Fuel – Another Article
Here’s another interesting article on liquid ammonia as fuel. The author, Dr. Paul A. Curto, a retired NASA scientist residing in Potomac, MD, has a wonderfully lucid writing style. Give me a Ph.D. who writes like a real person any …
Patriotism and Clean Energy
In a blog post offering my “Tough Realities for Renewable Businesses” report to readers at Renewable Energy World, Bill Fitch writes a comment befitting of the 4th of July and the patriotic spirit that normally accompanies it. I’m reminded of …
Why the US Isn’t Taking a Leading Role in Renewable Energy
Perhaps the most common refrain in the clean energy industry is this: Why isn’t the US taking a leading role? Why are countries all over the world leap-frogging us Americans in this critical arena? Of course our own Bill Paul talks …
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US Policy on Clean Energy – The Road Not Taken?
A friend from the UK asked for my take on a new Swiss movie on Jimmy Carter’s efforts to reduce the United States’ dependence on oil at the end of the 1970s. He points out, “I am sure it will …
