[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyrehx520so]In November’s webinar, I discussed some of the best business plans I’ve encountered in renewable energy and electric transportation. This is part of an ongoing project in which I review an incoming stream of clean energy business concepts, apply …
Tag: clean energy
We Hail from a Long Line of Alternative Fueled Vehicles
A quick reminder that we come from a long line of alternative fueled vehicles: It’s the 116th anniversary of the first automobile race in the United States. 89 had entered, but only six actually started, of which half were electric …
We Hail from a Long Line of Alternative Fueled Vehicles Read More »
Bringing Global Health and Sustainable Development to Rural Honduras
My nephew Garrett continues to reflect lasting credit on all of us in the extended Shields family — not only with his scholarship, but also with his participation in incredible activities like this Public Health Brigade, centered around global health …
Bringing Global Health and Sustainable Development to Rural Honduras Read More »
The Basic Renewable Energy Technologies
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKgc_Oo1fI]As part of my series of basic videos for newcomers on the main renewable energy technologies, I lay out the basic forms of clean energy and say a few words about photovoltaics, solar thermal (aka concentrated solar power or …
The Future of Renewable Energy
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73aSNb7EvHg&w=500&h=369] Here’s a short video in which I discuss the future of algae and other biofuels, synthetic fuels, and cold fusion.
Tagged with: algae biofuels, alternative energy, clean energy, cold fusion, green energy, Renewable Energy, synthetic fuels
What’s Behind America’s Pitiful Abdication of World Financial Leadership?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s clarity of viewpoint, not to mention writing style, is quite impressive. In this short masterpiece, Big Carbon’s Sock Puppets Declare War on America and the Planet, he correctly identifies the issues that lie at the core …
What’s Behind America’s Pitiful Abdication of World Financial Leadership? Read More »
Renewable Energy and Electric Transportation Face Issue with “Discount Rate”
A fellow I know has developed an incredible new coating for machinery, and points out that the business case for using this is quite compelling. He writes, “Experts estimate that 25 to 30 percent of all corrosion costs (estimated at …
Renewable Energy and Electric Transportation Face Issue with “Discount Rate” Read More »
From Guest Blogger Jim Stack: Green Holidays
How can you have a Green Holiday ? It’s not easy since we often travel to visit friends and family. We also do a lot of cooking and eating. You could travel less, take a greener form of transportation and …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, energy, green, green energy, Green Holidays, holiday, Renewable Energy
Thanksgiving – An Appropriate Time to Appreciate Mankind’s Benefactors
Albert Einstein left us a number of gifts, most obviously his landmark breakthroughs in theoretical physics. The other, in my estimation, is the utter truckload of pithy philosophic quotes about mankind’s role in the universe. If you’re looking for something …
Thanksgiving – An Appropriate Time to Appreciate Mankind’s Benefactors Read More »
Ideas for Clean Energy Volunteers and Interns
I’ve already received several dozen wonderful responses to my request for volunteers and interns; it certainly is gratifying to see the level of enthusiasm that so many of you have for this fascinating and vitally important subject. I thought I’d …
