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Examining the Validity of Different Energy Resources

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

craigshields Posted in Renewables - Science

My friend Cameron Atwood and I were talking about energy policy the other night, and I promised to get back to him about the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and the energy return on investment (EROI) associated with each of …

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House of the Future? Let’s Hope Not

Posted on October 26, 2015 by

craigshields Posted in Renewables - Politics

Here’s a vision of the house of the future that I wanted to share, largely to make this point: it’s 399 square feet. That’s only a little larger than the size of a prison cell for the top white collar criminals …

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