We Californians, living as we do in severe drought conditions, have a general sense that climate change is playing a role here. It’s not exactly rocket science that rising temperatures tend to evaporate more water, leaving less of it in …
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Hard To Get Too Ruffled about Renewable Energy Nay-Sayers
A friend of mine just called to get my reaction about an editorial in the Sunday paper here in Santa Barbara, written by one Joe Armendariz (pictured left) of the local taxpayers association. I didn’t see the article, but from …
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From Guest Blogger Teogindac: 2015 to be the Warmest Year On Record–An Opportunity for Renewables?
For many years, climate change has been subject to many debates and certain skepticism. However, it is almost impossible to underestimate the relevance of such phenomenon if we pay attention to what is going on with the record breaking temperatures the …
Humankind’s Appreciation for the Environment Is Becoming Less Superficial
Part of the reason I’m optimistic about our civilization’s approach to sustainability is that more people care about the subject each year, and, at the same time, our understanding and appreciation of the subject continues to grow more profound. We’re …
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Saving the Salton Sea with Solar Arrays
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie, one of the brightest and most energetic people I’ve ever met, is constantly “thinking outside the box” when it comes to the use of large-scale engineering solutions to our environmental problems. Here’s a set of suggestions …
Public Opinion on Climate Change
Here’s a piece of research from Yale University that corroborates my gut instinct: Americans are increasingly aware of and concerned about climate change. But here’s something a bit scary that also rings true to me: Americans’ opinions on many matters …
From Guest Blogger Casey Carter: Climate Change–How a Warming World is a Threat to our Agriculture
Every now and then we being reminded of how our world temperature levels are rising and how, if not checked, will gradually lead to our demise. Scientists, environmentalists and law makers have made policies to try and curb the effects …
From Guest Blogger Blake Meredith: What $11.9 Billion Can Do For The Earth And You | The Innovations Of Elon Musk
Usually, anyone with $11.9 billion spends most of it on the contents of a Neiman Marcus fantasy gifts catalog. Anyone want a custom $475,000 Paris perfume? Yet in the right hands, in the right mind, $11.9 billion can subsidize a …
“Externalities” of Fossil Fuels
Externalities are the costs associated with a certain transaction that are not captured in the transaction itself, but are passed along unaccounted for (“externalized”) onto other parties who are often unaware of what’s hitting them, or, at best, unable to …
From 2GreenEnergy Mega-Contributor Gary Tulie: Do We Need a Coral Ark?
(Note: I’m always happy to see my colleague Gary Tulie involve himself in our discussions, and I hope readers will find his words here on the subject of coral reefs to be valuable. – Ed.) In this recent post, we …
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