We here at 2GreenEnergy welcome our newest intern, Fabio Porcu, a bright young Italian fellow who comes to us fresh from his master’s degree in engineering. During his three-month stay here in Santa Barbara, Fabio will be working with me …
Category: Renewables – Science
Piezoelectric Devices
I just answered a question on Quora: Why hasn’t a hybrid piezoelectric and a solar energy device entered the market yet? Hybrid piezoelectric and solar device can harvest energy from the sun, rainwater and even wind making it much more …
Life's Full of Surprises at the National Clean Energy Summit
I had lunch at the National Clean Energy Summit yesterday with Karl Reiber, PhD (pictured), a cardiovascular physiologist, the focus of whose work is aquatic animals and how they are affected by the changes that are happening to their environment. …
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Queueing It Up for Tomorrow: National Clean Energy Summit
It’s Sunday night here, but I’ve scheduled this post to be published at 2:45 tomorrow morning, the time at which I’ll get up, dress hurriedly, drive down to Los Angeles, and fly to Las Vegas for the 8th annual National Clean …
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GeoEngineering the Oceans
I’m part of a discussion group that is largely composed of scientists whose main concern is the vast damage that our society continues to wreak upon the environment. One of the benefits I derive from this is the ability to …
Using Advanced DNA Testing To Understand Our Earth’s Changing Climate Conditions
Ever wonder exactly what happened after the last ice age? What whacked all those woolly mammoths, and gave rise to our modern-day large herbivores? In particular, what were the consequences of a warming planet, and what can we learn that …
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Ocean Acidification at a Glance
For those looking for a summary of the issue of ocean acidification, below are two graphs that make the point with shocking clarity. The presence of unprecedented levels of CO2 in our atmosphere have brought about a precipitous drop in …
Validity of Solar PV and Wind Energy in the 21st Century Earth
Frequent commenter SilentRunning notes: Dear Craig, you deserve a Star of Peace for allowing Dr. Cannera to pontificate against the two forms of energy, solar and wind as inefficient toys that will not significantly contribute to the global energy challenge …
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Renewable Energy: You’re Looking At It; You Can See It At Work
A pro-nuke colleague writes in response to my piece in which I refute the anti-renewables rant of Alex Cannera: Craig, my views on renewables are laid out in: Let’s Run the Numbers – Nuclear Energy vs. Wind and Solar | …
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From Guest Blogger "Sustainafreak": The Most Innovative New Advances in Green Technologies
In 2015 the human race is at the peak of technological advancement, with some form of clever device or product making its way into pretty much all aspects of our day-to-day lives. On the most part these are to provide us …
