As readers may have noticed, I’ve begun promoting the launch of my second book, Is Renewable Really Doable? (available March 15th) using the 32-page report “Insights into LCOE – The Levelized Cost of Energy” as a give-away. In response to …
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Book Launch: “Is Renewable Really Doable?”
It’s time to launch my second book, Is Renewable Really Doable? on Amazon.com. The big day: March 15, 2012. I hope you will mark your calendar, and buy the book on that date. To help generate interest in the subject, …
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This Morning’s Interview with Jerry Taylor at the Cato Institute
I just interviewed Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute for my next book, Renewable Energy – Following the Money. This was a wonderfully engaging talk of about 90 minutes with a brilliant person, which I have time only to summarize …
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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 …
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“The Price of Gas” Explores the True Costs of Our Oil Addiction
Here’s a short animated video aptly called “The Price of Gas” that takes the viewer through the comprehensive costs to the environment of exploration, extraction, shipping, refinement of crude, and the distribution and consumption of gasoline. Very nicely done, IMHO. …
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The Hydrogen Economy and the Migration from Fossil Fuels
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Ruohvz6_o] Here, 2GreenEnergy Video Report host George Alger interviews me on the hydrogen economy: what it means, its validity, and its ramifications.
2GreenEnergy Report – Peak Oil
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYzyWvrwVXM] In this episode of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, host George Alger interviews me on the phenomenon known as “peak oil,” i.e., that the world has peaked in terms of its oil production capacity. I discuss my take on …
2GreenEnergy Video Report — Peak Oil
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYzyWvrwVXM&w=480&h=390] Here’s another episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report, in which I’m interviewed on the subject of peak oil. I manage to squeeze in references to related subjects as well: the consequences of our addiction to foreign oil, the externalities …
Externalities of the Oil Industry — Great Comments
There have been some fantastic comments to my piece on the externalities of fossil fuels the other day. I encourage folks to check out the response of frequent blogger Cameron Atwood in particular, to whom I reply: Unfortunately, this corporatocracy …
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Bringing Fairness to the Discussion on Energy
I was going through some old blog posts here at 2GreenEnergy in an effort to make sure that we’re emphasizing the most important elements of the discussion on renewables. One theme that is central to the conversation, of course, is …
