In response to my piece on the electric vehicle adoption curve, in which I suggested that EVs represented more than a “niche” market, frequent commenter and senior physicist Glenn Doty wrote: Most of those multi-car households have one SUV or …
Electric Vehicles and Clean Energy: Moving Beyond Hydrocarbon Fuels Read More »
Here’s a report of macro-trends observed by venture capital giant Kleiner Perkins. To me, the most noteworthy thing about it is the concept that Kleiner managing partner Ray Lane explained in a conversation he and I had in his office …
When I first got into the renewable energy space, Robert Rapier was one of the first people to whom I reached out, as he’s been around this industry quite a while. I recall that he was quite gracious with me; …
Cellulosic Ethanol (and Most Other Biomass Projects) Can’t Scale Read More »
Summer has arrived and it is time to change how I use energy around the house. First order of business was to disconnect the solar air heater from the house and remove the interface from the window in the computer …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Renewable Energy — Summer Ops Read More »
It is with great joy that I announce that this is our 2000th blog post. My profound thanks to our regular readers, whose enthusiasm for the subject and willingness to tell their friends has caused the site’s traffic to grow …
Wow, I just noticed that our next post will be our 2000th! That’s the good news. The bad news is that I wrote 1721 of them. Let’s see if we can get a few more guest-bloggers active over the course …
I come across new ideas for renewable energy and alternate fuel vehicles at a rate of perhaps a dozen a week. While (fortunately) there are a few good ones, most of them fail the most basic tests of science and …
Proponents of Cleantech Have Some Good Ideas — And Some Bad Ones Too Read More »
In my ongoing quest to understand the implications of renewable energy into the job market, I came across this video on job creation more generally – a talk by venture capitalist Nick Hanauer. You’ll notice that this was made to …
“Stephen Lacey” is a familiar name to many readers here. Stephen is one of the most impressive young people I’ve ever met. Fresh from a journalism major in college, he learned more about the clean energy industry in a few months …
Clean Energy and Fossil Fuels: A Polarizing Issue Read More »
My thanks to everyone who has participated in the recent 2GreenEnergy survey. I note that Dr. David Doty, one of the greatest intellects I’ve ever run across, boldly predicted the following for the coming five years: Oil, coal, and gas will steadily …
Predicting the Future in Energy Policy — Thanks to Survey Respondents Read More »
