2GreenEnergy reader Rebecca asks: When you’re approached by budding inventors or experienced ones, how do you manage to filter out those who are true and honest from those who are a sham? Good question. It’s not something that can be …
Category: Renewables – Science
Clean Energy's Bad Ideas
Tagged with: 3Com, 3M, ABB, AT&T, bad ideas, BASF, clean energy, clean energy crackpots, clean energy frauds, clean energy inventors, H-P, IBM, Litton, Magnavox, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Oracle, Philips Electronics, physics, Pioneer, Renewable Energy, Sony, Unisys, Xerox
Energy Pragmatism
What a great pleasure to come face to face with Glenn Doty, senior energy analyst and frequent commenter at 2GreenEnergy, during my visit to Doty Scientific on Friday. Had Glenn not had business to which to attend, I would have …
Tyler Hamilton On Clean Energy Start-ups
Here’s a podcast in which Toronto Star writer Tyler Hamilton talks about some of his picks for clean energy start-ups. He and I agree univocally on a number of issues, like the imperative to move away from fossil fuels, and …
Riddles of Matter, Energy, Space, and Time
I remember the first evening of a course in existentialism I had 37 years ago this fall, in which I asked the professor, “According to (Nobel prize-winner and existentialist superstar) Albert Camus, ‘suicide is the only valid philosophical question,’ implying …
Tagged with: Albert Camus, Brian Greene, Descartes, energy, Existentialism, Socrates, superstring theory, TED Talks, The Fabric of the Cosmos
Speaking with Dr. Raj Pachauri, Energy and Environmental Legend
I’m delighted to announce that I’m going to be interviewing Dr. Raj Pachauri during his upcoming trip to the U.S., in preparation for my next book, Renewable Energy — Following the Money. For those who may be unfamiliar with Dr. Pachauri, …
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Tagged with: Al Gore, biotechnology, conservation of natural resources, Dr. Raj Pachauri, energy, environment, forestry, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Nobel Peace Prize, TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, Vijay Rochlani, World Meteorological Organization, Yale Climate and Energy Institute, YCEI
As Energy Misinformation Proliferates, The Need For Myth-Busting Grows
I was in a meeting this morning in which the subject of myth-busting on energy issues arose. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which there exists a great deal of misinformation, both deliberate and accidental, on the subject. I …
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Many of Our Energy-Related Technologies Are Quite Old
One of the real opportunities for our energy future lies in the fact that many of the technologies that consume huge amounts of energy are truly ancient. I often remark how strange it is that if Thomas Edison were around …
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Thinking Critically About Society's Use of Energy
If you’re looking for some critical thinking on our civilization’s use of energy (including renewables) you may want to check out the writings of Ozzie Zehner. It’s clear that Zehner has a lot of this correct. In particular, our paradigm …
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Tagged with: civilization’s use of energy, clean energy, electric drive train, electric transportation, Electric Vehicles, energy efficiency, energy solution, ICE, internal combustion engine, Los Angeles International Airport, Ozzie Zehner, paradigm for transportation, per-capita consumption of energy, public transportation, Renewable Energy, renewables, solar energy, solar power, unintended consequences, Wind Energy, wind power
What Does the Future of Energy Look Like?
It’s the birthday of Gregor Mendel, whose famous experiments with pea plants in 1854 led to his theory of genetics. But, according to The Writer’s Almanac, when Mendel died in 1888, his papers were burned, and it wasn’t until the …
Moore's Law As It Applies To The Future of Energy
44 years ago today, Robert E. Moore and Robert Noyce founded Intel. Today, Moore is probably best known for the “law” that bears his name, the concept that the effectiveness of technology expands exponentially through time. Speaking of which, a …
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