In response to my post in which I bemoan the lack of consistency in our energy policy (and thus the uncertainty facing potential investors in renewable energy), Gary Tulie, frequent commenter from the UK, writes: Why can’t the USA and the …
Tag: clean energy
Political Correctness Trumps Energy Policy
Frequent commenter and 2GreenEnergy supporter Tim Kingston sent me this article from POWER Magazine called Political Correctness Trumps Energy Policy, pointing out the lack of fairness and common sense in the way the city of San Francisco provides its citizens electrical power. Thanks …
Bringing Clean Energy Solutions to Off-Grid Cell Tower Operations
Here are two clean energy ideas that deal with bringing power to cell towers in off-grid locations, where diesel generators are the norm. Before I present them, let’s think about the obvious drawbacks of diesel: • Needs to be trucked in …
Bringing Clean Energy Solutions to Off-Grid Cell Tower Operations Read More »
Developing a Reseller Strategy for WindStream, Leader in MicroWind
Anyone who’s ever used a reseller channel (dealers, retailers, VARs, distributors, mass merchandisers, etc.) knows that this whole approach to marketing and sales is the ultimate “double-edged sword.” The most obvious benefits include an enormous and more-or-less instant expansion of …
Developing a Reseller Strategy for WindStream, Leader in MicroWind Read More »
Tagged with: clean energy, dealers, development of sales channels, distributors, Electric Vehicles, EVs, Hewlett-Packard, internal combustion engine, leader in microwind, mass merchandisers, microwind, renewable energy marketing and sales, renewables, reseller channel, reseller strategy, retailers, VARs, Wind Energy, wind power, WindStream
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Taking Action Can Be Costly, But Inaction Can Cost Far More
Question: We all know that gang violence is a scourge on our civilization. Can you estimate the average cost to society of a typical criminal gang member? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732 . Relevance: In many cases, the cost …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, costs to society, Craig Shields, green energy, Renewable Energy
The U.S. Should Develop Clean Energy Solutions for Export
RiechesBaird is an advertising/branding agency in Orange County California with which I’ve had an extremely friendly and productive relationship, going back almost 15 years. I happened to be on their website just now, and came across this interview in which Ryan Rieches …
The U.S. Should Develop Clean Energy Solutions for Export Read More »
Tagged with: amping up fossil fuel exploration, clean energy, clean energy solutions, fossil fuels, Germany exports four times as much as the U.S., pipelines obscene environmental characteristics, Renewable Energy, RiechesBaird, Ryan Rieches, U.S. bailed out only the largest corporate entities, Verne Harnish
Can We Have a Level Playing Field for Renewable Energy?
Here’s a terrific piece by Renewable Energy World’s Jennifer Runyon explaining the need for and status of changes in the way that clean energy projects are financed. As it turns out, master limited partnerships (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts …
Can We Have a Level Playing Field for Renewable Energy? Read More »
Tagged with: clean energy, Department of Energy, financing clean energy projects, financing traditional energy, Jennifer Runyon, level playing field, master limited partnership, MLP, real estate investment trust, REIT, renewable energy project, Renewable Energy World, Richard Kauffman, solar energy, Wind Energy
Why A Progressive Energy Policy? Because An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
In a post yesterday, I tried to tie together the work that certain humanitarian groups perform together with our need for a progressive energy policy. The connection? Both are rooted in a viewpoint of the future, along the lines of …
Why A Progressive Energy Policy? Because An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure Read More »
21st Century Planet Earth — Fabulously Uninterested in Confronting Its Challenges
Yesterday was the birthday of Nero, the Roman emperor who is said to have fiddled while the city burned in 64 CE. It’s not clear whether the fire was a case of arson, or just an accident, which wasn’t unusual …
21st Century Planet Earth — Fabulously Uninterested in Confronting Its Challenges Read More »
Tagged with: clean energy, Conference of Parties, consumption of resources, COP-18, fossil fuels, Iran enriching uranium, Nero fiddled while Rome burned, North Korea launched a missile, oil companies, Raj Pachauri, Renewable Energy, sustainability, U.S. defense budget is larger than that of the next smaller 17 countries combined
Migration to Renewable Energy
2GreenEnergy supporter Don Harmon of LiFeBATT, Inc. just sent me this article about the piece that came out of the University of Delaware recently, presenting the possibility of a complete migration to renewable energy by 2030. The discussion that follows is interesting, …
