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 …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Audubon — Spreading Its Wings
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 World Wildlife Fund and Climate Change
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 …
The Natural Resource Defense Council
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 …
The COP-15 Summit — An Irresistible Force?
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 …
More on ARPA-E's Funding of Clean Energy – from Guest Mike Brace
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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A Disappointing List of Alternative Energy Projects
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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A Talk with Wally Rippel — Is There Hope for Our Civilization?
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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Cleaning Up Government – An Easy Task?
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 …
The Politics of Renewables
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]
