According to The Writer’s Almanac, today is the anniversary of the first official convention of the Republican Party, which was: … held in Jackson, Michigan, on this date in 1854. Nearly 10,000 people turned out for a meeting in protest …
Tag: Renewable Energy
Why Renewable Energy Is Slow in Replacing Fossil Fuels
Many of us are scratching our heads, wondering how it’s possible that renewable energy, for all its merits, could be so slow to replace fossil fuels. As outlined in this article on Chesapeake Energy (our second largest natural gas producer), the …
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Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm
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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Thomas L. Friedman's Immense Popularity
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 …
When Does the Future Begin for Renewable Energy?
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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Clean Energy Under Attack
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 …
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From Guest Blogger Mathias: 50 Governments Have Launched New Energy Strategies
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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We Renewable Energy People….
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; …
When Politics Gets in the Way of Sane Energy Policy
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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Energy Policy — Looking for the Broad Side of the Barn
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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