Over the years, I’ve had several friends send me this “air car” concept. It’s a terrible idea in terms of engineering and physics, but that’s not the most objectionable thing about it; it’s a bald-faced attempt at deceit.
Category: Renewables – Science
People Who Favor the Migration to Renewable Energy Have Big Hearts–But Sometimes Impractical Ideas
I’m in close communication with the World Business Academy, a Santa Barbara, CA-based non-profit dedicated to the migration to 100% renewable energy. I urge readers to check out their website and form their own opinions. They often ask me to …
Tagged with: 4th generation nuclear, Amory Lovins, anthropogenic climate change, Bullish on Renewable Energy, catastrophic results of fossil fuel consumption, microgrids built on renewable resources with hydrogen storage, migration to 100% renewable energy, migration to renewable energy, migration to renewable resources will build jobs and strengthen the economy, non-environmental/health benefits to renewables, Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies, sustainable approach to energy, sustainable energy future
If the Migration To Renewable Energy Is Inexorable, Why Is It Taking So Long?
When someone asks me this question at a party, I normally ask if he wants the three-minute or three-day version; there are dozens of answers, each quite important, and each requiring some time to articulate. One of the most important …
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Viewpoints on the Migration to Renewable Energy
A colleague writes: Just finished Facts and Fantasies. Very informative, very readable. I dog-eared a bunch of pages to come back to later for reference. I’ll tackle “Doable” this week and eventually we’ll have a discussion about them. I suspect …
Tagged with: Electric Vehicles, irreparable level of harm to the environment, migration away from fossil fuels, power utility model, recognition of the realities of climate change, Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies, renewable energy tough realities, transition to renewables, wind energy in the grid-mix
The Trajectory for Getting Rid of Coal
In my post suggesting that we need to cut the cord with respect to fossil fuel subsidies, senior energy analyst and regular 2GreenEnergy commenter Glenn Doty writes: It will take decades to get society to a point where we can shut …
Clean Energy Business Plans Need Only Present the Solution
A fellow from somewhere in the Middle East claims to have a new technology for water desalination, and I requested something that explains the science. Even though he writes at considerable length, his English is not sufficiently strong to permit …
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Are "Good Ideas" in Energy Necessarily "Big?"
On my piece: “Good Ideas in Clean Energy Are Actually Quite Rare,” longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter “BreathOnTheWind” notes: We seem to expect renewable resources to be a plug and play replacement for fossil fuels. On the contrary, renewable energy gathers energy …
Dealing with California’s Drought Requires Existing Solutions, Common Sense, and a Cessation of Political In-fighting
A reporter asks: I´m traveling to California´s Central Valley soon for a story on the drought there. I would very much like to hear from anyone who´s seriously affected by the drought, perhaps especially farmers who might now have to change …
Tagged with: burning fossil fuels, but not limited to the hyper-environmentalists who don’t want to see solar PV in the deserts because it reduces certain habitats. survival of animal species under greater threat from anthropogenic, California´s Central Valley, Dealing with California’s Drought, electrify transportation and remove coal entirely from our grid-mix, energy efficiency solutions, including, lower the carbon footprint of our buildings, reduce environmental degradation, solutions ignored/suppressed by vast moneyed interests, support of advanced nuclear. Each of these are political footballs of enormous proportion, water conservation in California needs to apply to agriculture, water-conservation products that address multi-family dwellings
Pope Francis: A Breath of Fresh Air
From the Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1633 that Galileo Galilei was put on trial by the Inquisition, for supporting the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun. In late April 1633, Galileo agreed to plead …
Clean Electricity Generator?
A reader offers this message and video linked here: I am using the same water again and again. my technology water is flowing not falling, tail discharge is used again and again. All independent turbine-generators erected in series are rotated …
Tagged with: clean electricity
