Paul from Australia writes: I’d be interested in your views on the microwind market in the U.S., as here in Australia uptake has been generally slow apart from a few `demonstration` sites. To be honest, I believe that the best …
Category: Sustainability
Jared Diamond's "Collapse"
In the course of the few years that 2GreenEnergy has been doing its thing, I’d estimate that at least two dozen people have asked me what I think about Jared Diamond’s writing — especially his book “Collapse.” I always reply …
Tagged with: anthropogenic climate change, book “Collapse”, deforestation, environmental issues, environmental problems, fossil fuels, global climate change, global warming, habitat destruction, Jared Diamond, melting of icecaps, overpopulation, rainforests, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, sea level rise, soil fertility loss, water management
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Tropical Rainforests in Asia
Question: Where is (by far) the largest rainforest in Asia? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732 . Relevance: Rainforests shoulder a huge responsibility for providing the oxygen we animals breathe. The Amazon, for instance, generates more than 20% of the …
Menacing the Public Consciousness
As I mentioned recently, Christmas Day happens to also be the birthday of Rod Serling, creator of the iconic mid-20th Century television program “The Twilight Zone.” According to the Writer’s Almanac, “Serling believed it was the writer’s job to ‘menace the public …
Like Big Energy, Big Food Needs to Shoulder Responsibility for Its Effects on Society
Frequent commenter Frank Eggers writes in response to my recent piece in which I railed on the food industry. I suggested that Big Food – or Big Anything – needs to shoulder some responsibility for the effects that its actions …
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Tagged with: Big Anything, Big Food, childhood diabetes, childhood obesity, food deserts, Frank Eggers, heart disease
Neither Big Energy Nor Big Food Are Behaving Princely Re: Public Health
I’ve often written that Big Energy is on the same path that Big Tobacco chose to take in the mid 20th Century: knowingly causing significant damage to the population’s health and safety, but covering it up as long as possible. In …
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Tagged with: big energy, Big Food, Big Tobacco, childhood diabetes, childhood obesity, cover up, egregious corporate behavior, financial forces behind climate change denial, food industry, global climate change, global warming, inner-city kids, lack of decent nutrition, National Public Radio, NPR, population’s health and safety, public relations obscure damage, tobacco industry
Social Consciousness and Civilization's Sustainability
Yesterday was the birthday of Rod Serling, creator of the iconic mid-20th Century television program “The Twilight Zone.” According to the Writer’s Almanac, “Serling believed it was the writer’s job to ‘menace the public consciousness’ and considered television and radio as …
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Tagged with: sustainability
A Nice Gift for Christmas: Sustainability
Girl (pictured here): Well, I want a peaceful, sustainable world, where humankind comes together to deal with its major challenges, you know, climate change, social injustice — that kind of thing. Can you make that happen? Santa: Ho ho …
Sustainability Requires Social Fairness and Justice
My mother, who reads this blog regularly, hates it when I come out in support of concepts that could be viewed as leftist – and even if that weren’t the case, I try to tread lightly on the political content …
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From Guest Blogger Nicki Brandon: The Best Job Opportunities for Saving the Environment
A lot of people (typically younger) want to work to save the environment, perhaps even dedicate their career to this pursuit. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to find a job that pays enough to let someone do so, especially when …
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