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 …
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Obama Once More Vocal on Climate Change, Renewable Energy
As his term in office draws nearer to a close, U.S. President Obama has begun again to talk about climate change and the imperative to reduce our contributions to its causes. If I were he, I would inform the nation …
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We Have the Power to Overcome the Challenges Humankind Faces
I write often about the daunting number of challenges that humankind faces vis-à-vis sustainability, and note that many of them are rooted in our approach to energy: climate change/desertification, ocean acidification, loss of bio-diversity, water and food shortages, skyrocketing rates …
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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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Ayn Rand’s Philosophy and Sustainability
While U.S. football fans spent last Sunday eating and drinking their way through the Super Bowl, few noticed that it was also the birthday of Ayn Rand, author of philosophic novels. Her concept, as we all know, is that individual creativity, …
Tagged with: author of philosophic novels Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand’s Philosophy, Climate Change, let us ignore the needs of others, loss of bio-diversity, lung disease, ocean acidification, shrink government to a size they can drown in a bathtub, top 85 people on Earth now have the same wealth as the bottom 3.5 billion, water shortages
CBS’s “60 Minutes” Airs Hatchet-Job on CleanTech
The CBS news show “60 Minutes” sports a history of hatchet-jobs that goes back almost half a century. They’re phenomenally good at selecting a certain conclusion and then supporting it with misleading reporting, trick camera-work, and quotes taken out of …
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Push-back from Big Energy on State and Federal Government’s Protection of New Jersey’s Forests
A friend in Philadelphia sent me this newspaper article and blog post on the efforts of the oil and gas companies to put a pipeline through a very tranquil section of New Jersey’s forestland. Because this region has special meaning …
