Tag: de facto energy policy

A few years ago I wrote this post expressing my displeasure at my countrymen, as they had adopted wholesale the explanation that our government provided for invading Iraq. Immediately before the attack, this message, without a comma’s worth of variation, …

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I’m going to enjoy listening to Tom Steyer (pictured here) speak at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) next Tuesday evening.  I’ve written about him several times in the past; I often offer this encapsulated explanation of the …

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Here’s an article from my colleague Jesse Berst, who, introducing the piece, writes: “Like many of you, I find it distinctly embarrassing that the United States is the only developed country without a national energy policy. That’s why I was pleased …

Yes, America Has No Energy Policy — But Is That An Accident? Read More »

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Longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter Aedan Kernan commented on my piece bemoaning the U.S. government’s failing to respond to the will of the people, and clinging onto a de facto energy policy that is rooted in fossil fuels. Aedan lives in the …

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Here’s a good, readable summary of the predicament in which humankind finds itself vis-à-vis energy, and the path we took to get here, from author Thom Hartmann. He points out that we run our factories, heat and cool our buildings, …

How Close Are We To a Progressive Energy Policy? Read More »

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