While there is so much about the course of our civilization to drive us to despair, I often think of Emerson’s reminder: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Though it’s hard to be enthusiastic when we see the forces …
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Here’s Tom Friedman’s op-ed in yesterday’s NY Times. As always, I agreed with most of it. But I point out two things: 1) He has a keen mind — one with which he has done quite well — but his …
Duke Brooks asks: Renewable/green energy without question is the future; the question is: When, exactly, does that future begin? Here are a few ways I would choose to frame this: The vast majority of our scientists tell us that climate …
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As I’m sure you’re aware, clean energy is under attack from the traditional energy industry; the oil and coal companies are spending a fortune on their PR firms and lobbyists to discredit the competition, i.e., renewable energy. And unfortunately, this …
This was announced by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this Thursday on the “Sustainable Energy For All” Rio summit. The 2030 goal of the initiative is to double our renewable energy use and the rate of energy efficiency improvement – …
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It’s common for me to hear people say things like, “Boy, you renewable energy people sure are taking it on the chin.” Of course, it’s true that the whole clean energy initiative is under attack from the traditional energy industry; …
I suppose I should have seen this coming, but the traditional energy industry, apparently starting to feel the heat, has recently ratcheted up the volume of its ongoing public relations efforts against the renewables industry. I had a wonderful conversation …
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Wednesday morning as I was getting ready to conclude my participation in the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, I had a thought I wanted to share. It had been two-days of nitty-gritty financial talk — extremely precise language of tax lawyers …
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A couple of years ago I reconnected with an old friend from grade school who runs a good-sized hedge fund, and who, when I mention that I’m headed to New York City, routinely sets me up with a few people …
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I’m headed back East again next week, primarily to attend the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York City. I have to say that I love this event; everything about it is first-rate, starting with the venue (The Waldorf Astoria). …
