Humankind is watching the “train-wreck in slow motion” that is the decline of the Earth’s natural environment at the hands of our civilization’s reckless energy policy. And we all know that we will one day acquire the ability to harvest …
Renewable Energy Will Eventually Win the Day – But How, When, and Why? Read More »
It’s always great to come across people who “get it.” The authors of this article begin their piece: While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly we will get there. Exactly. I wish I had a dollar …
Here’s a question for you: When you listen to the debates in English Parliament, and hear how people with opposing viewpoints heckle and interrupt one another, doesn’t your skin crawl? Mine does. These people have such incredible manners on most …
If the Move To Renewables Is Inevitable, Why Not Do It Now? Read More »
Here’s a terrific 6-minute-long documentary that Joe Romm’s team at Climate Progress put together, presenting the environmental dangers associated with drilling for oil in the Arctic. Now that Shell is going to be leading the way, it may be good …
Shell's Drilling for Oil in the Arctic Presents Huge Environmental Dangers Read More »
Shell Oil is sponsoring an educational video project called Rational Middle. I invite you to check it out; it’s very good. As the title suggests, the point is that both the far left wing (advocating for an immediate abandonment of …
Duke Brooks (old friend from school forty years ago) comments on my piece about the Koch brothers’ sponsorship of PBS’s NOVA: “I have heard that the Koch brothers speak very highly of you, by the way.” Ha! You’re kidding, of …
Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline project may want to read this excellent piece by Jim Hightower, radio commentator, writer, and public speaker. The concept that the oil companies who are working so hard to make this happen are doing …
A Few Words on the Keystone XL Pipeline from Jim Hightower Read More »
Every once in a while I hear something from Washington D.C. that provides a ray of hope that perhaps a bit of sanity may eventually prevail in the U.S. energy policy. Obama sure has disappointed a bunch of people in …
I always look forward to the AltCarExpo in Santa Monica each year. It’s rather like one of the major auto shows, but without all the flashing lights, loud noises, “booth-babes” – and, more to the point, all the gas- and …
Visits to Washington DC are bittersweet for me. I deeply enjoy the rich sense of freedom, justice, and opportunity that are the core values on which our great country is based. But there are constant reminders that the mechanics of …
