The economy of the world is growing quickly – especially in highly populated developing nations majorly India and China. With the growth in these economies, the expansion of industries and manufacturing units would be an obvious course of action. It …
My friend Cameron Atwood and I frequently discuss the underlying causes by which certain technologies are brought to market, where others never see the light of day. Here’s a small piece of a recent chat for anyone interested. Cameron Atwood: …
My blog at Renewable Energy World continues to garner some interesting discussion. In particular, we have an ongoing conversation about clean energy solutions at the individual (e.g., house rooftop) vs. the macro (utility) level. As readers know, I favor aggressively …
Earlier this week I wrote a post expressing my disgust over the US Supreme Court’s announcement that it had found major provisions of campaign finance reform to be unconstitutional. This paved the way for corporate and union money to mute …
Readers may have noticed the pro-nuclear comments of Frank Eggers. Responding to my request for guest bloggers, Frank wrote: I’m not sure that there’d be much point in my blogging on this site. The only information this site about nuclear …
I spent a bit of time on the website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in preparation for today’s post, looking at some numbers surrounding employment in the US. Here are a few approximate numbers that I feel are relevant: …
As part of my travels to New York City and Bermuda last week I had the pleasure of meeting clean energy stock legend Bill Paul. There were so many interesting facets to that meeting that I won’t even try to …
I just got off the plane from Bermuda, and thought I’d write a quick post before bed. What a reminder this trip was of the reason I got into this subject in the first place: the fascinating confluence of science, …
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In the talk Dr. David Mills gave recently in on solar thermal, he closed by telling his audience that renewable energy was “a moral issue,” meaning, of course, that we as a species have a series of related ethical obligations …
Dr. David Mills, founder and chief scientist of solar thermal leader Ausra, was generous enough with his time to help me with the chapter on concentrated solar power in my upcoming book on renewables. I happened to be watching this …
