One of the cool features of living in a society that is built around the advancements of science is that we constantly see demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies in ways that, while they may not be terrifically practical, show how far …
Category: Renewables – Science
Energy, Water, and Food – Critical Shortages Are Headed Our Way
Helping my children with their homework has always been a great joy to me. Now they’re both in college, but the pleasure remains undiminished. Of course, it’s important to refrain from actually doing their work for them, but that doesn’t …
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Many Renewable Energy Concepts Are Physically Possible but Economically Unfeasible
Here’s a conversation the essence of which I have frequently. An inventor, in this case, one Lyle Bates, has a patent on an idea related to renewable energy and wants to raise the investment capital necessary to build it. There’s …
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Establishing the Greenest Source of Energy
Here’s an article that attempts to identify the least environmentally offensive source of energy. It’s very good, and the bar chart explains this very forcefully. One conclusion that anyone would draw is that anything except fossil fuels – especially coal …
What Science Can Tell Us – And What It Can’t
I’ve always enjoyed helping my kids with their homework, and, as they’ve gotten older, I’ve been learning a great deal myself from what I’m helping them study. Last night, I spent a few happy hours helping my son Jake study …
Breakthrough Concepts in Clean Energy
As I’ve mentioned, I receive several new clean energy business concepts per week, mostly rooted in proven technology. The scientific mechanisms behind solar, wind, biomass, hydrokinetics and geothermal are all very well-established, and have been for a great period of …
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Renewable Energy and Nature
If you want to read a thoroughly misleading piece of garbage, let me suggest this article on renewable energy and nature, published in the EnergyCollective. Check this out: “The renewable energy paradigm requires an unprecedented industrial re-engineering of the landscape: …
Science Doesn’t Have All the Answers, But It’s Still the Best Foundation for Decision-Making
Our society needs a greater reverence for science, especially at this important point in the evolution of humankind, where we’ve come face-to-face with all manner of existential threats: climate change, ocean acidification, nuclear proliferation, loss of biodiversity, the end of …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec: Countries with Large Volumes of Variable Resources Face Difficulties with Grid Stability
I’d like to thank our wonderful intern from France, Olivier Goavec, for this very interesting piece on the challenges associated with integrating large volumes of variable resources into the grid-mix. I hope readers enjoy it. – ed When the Kyoto …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Nikita Rao: The Addition of New Technologies
Recently, Science Daily published an article based on the research of scientists from the University of North Carolina and John Hopkins, outlining the results of adding renewable energy sources to the grid, and offering ideas on how to mitigate issues …
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