In response to my request for a suggestion on new, untapped strategies and business models for 2GreenEnergy, one of my earliest subscribers wrote: I have always admired your work and your skills. You are where you belong in CleanTech. It …
Tag: loss of biodiversity
ExxonMobil Responds To Investors’ Concerns re: the Report of the International Panel on Climate Change
I had a lengthy breakfast meeting yesterday with 2GreenEnergy’s intern Louis de Saint Phalle, during which we spoke about the overall state of the world vis-à-vis climate change and the fossil fuel industry that, according to our scientists, is the …
Will Clean Energy Come Through Policy or Technology?
One of the great questions concerning the migration to renewable energy is as follows: Will it come from policy, i.e., government’s creating a level playing field, perhaps with a carbon tax—or will it come from technology, i.e., waiting for the …
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Tagged with: carbon tax, Clean Energy Policy or Technology, Climate Change, government’s creating a level playing field, loss of biodiversity, lung disease, migration to renewable energy, ocean acidification, urbanization of huge populations in China and other Asian nations is the real driver of energy consumption
Science Doesn’t Have All the Answers, But It’s Still the Best Foundation for Decision-Making
Our society needs a greater reverence for science, especially at this important point in the evolution of humankind, where we’ve come face-to-face with all manner of existential threats: climate change, ocean acidification, nuclear proliferation, loss of biodiversity, the end of …
Daniel Yergin’s Talks on the Major Trends in Energy Leave an Elephant in the Room
Here’s an article that summarizes a recent presentation on energy trends conducted by Pulitzer prize-winning author and energy analyst Daniel Yergin. About a year ago, I saw Yergin present at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and I appreciate …
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Should We Worry About “Abrupt” Climate Change?
Like my mother, a kindred spirit, I have to admit that I worry, a habit that is, to a degree, pathological. Worry doesn’t change the future; it only depresses us. And, though 99% of the subject of our worry never …
Tagged with: abrupt climate change, accelerate the melting of the arctic, climate change deniers, climate change feedback loops, desertification of arable farmlands, James White geological sciences University of Colorado Boulder, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, planet is warming due to human activity, release of the methane beneath the (until now) frozen tundra, rise of our sea-levels, skyrocketing rates of childhood cancer, threats to national security
Like It Or Not, Our Energy Policy Actually Affects Our Prospects for Survival
I happened to tune into U.S.-based broadcast network CBS’s weekly “Sunday Morning” just now and noticed that it featured a look at the future of humankind, a subject in which I take a keen interest. Not too surprisingly, the piece …
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Is Climate Change The World's Biggest Problem?
Frequent commenter and 2GreenEnergy supporter Tim Kingston sent me this for comment: an article that asserts that climate change isn’t one of our civilization’s most important problems, and that global poverty is, in fact, at the top. Sorry to be …
Time To Rethink the Electrical Grid
Frequent commenter John Roche writes: It’s been interesting reading your blogs. I’ll say I’m for the environment and have taken some renewable energy classes to complement my technical background. Will probably even install solar on mine and a friend’s house. …
A Sustainable Society Means Making a Shift in What We Desire
The key legacy of French social philosopher Rene Girard is the concept of “mimetic desire,” i.e., that we borrow our desires from others. While we may think our aspirations are authentic and self-created, in truth, we generate our wants from …
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Tagged with: air pollution, Amazon deforestation, Cadillac Escalade, child labor, Climate Change, cool to be green, depletion of our farm lands, exponential growth in resource consumption, French social philosopher, loss of biodiversity, mimetic desire, obscenities-on-wheels, ocean acidification, over-fishing of our oceans, Rene Girard, social injustice, sustainability, unsustainability, water pollution
