Here’s a conversation with a colleague in Australia, Sev Clarke, a brilliant biochemist I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for several years, during which time he and I have traded ideas on geo-engineering. He writes: Sev: Hi Craig, long time. …
Category: Renewables – Science
How Much Solar Energy Do We Need?
In response to my recent post: Can Renewable Energy Scale Up To Power the Entire Planet?, a reader notes: Looking at how many countries around the world are getting involved in renewable energy. I would say that it’s possible. I …
Renewable Energy Fraud — Further Discussion
Here’s a further piece of the conversation that began when a young lady introduced me to an idea for converting compressed air into energy that her boss, the company’s CEO, had invented. At issue, of course, is: “Where does the energy …
A Short Chat About Renewable Energy Fraud
Here’s a good example of what I go through in my pursuit of good ideas in renewable energy; it’s the dialog I had with the people I wrote about here. Cogar Energy Rep: We appreciate your interest in helping to …
Some “Futurists” Have Optimistic Forecasts
About 25 years ago I came across a professional “futurist,” i.e., a gentleman whose career is based on predicting the future based on the present. (Actually, I presume that his work is based on the present, though I’m not sure …
Renewable Energy and Fraud
Here’s a website that describes a machine that produces more energy than it consumes. Really? Of course not. Yet that’s what its investors told me on the conference call just now. Unsurprisingly, they’re trying to raise investment capital. I asked …
Fraudulent Renewable Energy Concepts
There are many aspects of the green energy revolution that cause me concern, a major one of which is the prevalence of fraud, i.e., raising investment capital for the development of technologies that couldn’t possibly work. Now I’m sure there …
Fraudulent Energy Products
I often mention all the clean energy products I come across on a daily basis, and how some of them are fraudulent. Here’s a typical company/concept that makes my point: AI Power. I just got off the phone with the …
Most Renewable Energy Concepts
A reader responds to my piece “What Will Become of Most Renewable Energy Concepts?” as follows: I sell energy every day and I would say watch more closely those you scoff at, as once the tax incentives go away so will …
A Lesson from Linus Pauling
I was just telling my daughter’s best friend (pictured here facing my camera, perhaps seven years ago) about Linus Pauling, how remarkable he was, and what we can all learn from his incredible life. One important lesson is that we …
