Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com

It is one of the greatest three-word phrases ever. It was most
memorably uttered by Woodward & Bernstein’s mysterious Watergate
source Deep Throat, and repeated by many, including the teacher of a
graduate journalism course I took at Boston University in 1985, as the
first rule of business reporting: “Follow the money.”

As 2011 nears its halfway point and the world economy continues
its slow recovery, a lot of big money is leading directly to clean tech.
In the second quarter alone, three big deals in particular tell us a
lot about this current trend, and I believe, point toward a future of
energy transformation.”

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/06/across-the-globe-big-corporate-dollars-aiming-at-clean-tech

http://earthandindustry.com/2011/02/companies-embracing-sustainability-gain-more-than-those-that-dont/

Corporations respond to their bottom line.  Becoming more energy efficient is profitable.  Businesses, successful ones, understand that it makes sense to spend a dollar to save two.

Climate change, if allowed to continue unabated, will cost corporations huge amounts of money.  Insurance companies were the first to recognize the cost of increased fires and floods.

And cleantech has grown from the ‘mom and pop’ level to ‘big business’.  There’s serious money to be made in the transformation away from fossil fuels. 

A rather strange pill for some of us on the left of center to swallow, big business may save us from climate change (and bring us world peace as well)….

Looks like they are havin their own revolution.

Looks like they are havin their own revolution.

>This needs repeating over and over in the face of the “no, we can’t!” gang.
Yeah, i have decided i need to include that in posts more directly & more often now. Trying to, but if i miss it, feel free to drop such statements in the comments

>> This new IEA book reaffirms that.

>Yup. Good to have yet another confirmation of what many of us have been arguing for some time now.Yeah, not that it’s anything new, but nice to see yet another major energy body making this clear for people.

I understand the need to recover costs, but isn’t there also a huge need to inform those who will not pay for the book, nor read that many pages?

I’d like to see a really good one page summary and a really good ~5 page summary distributed free.  Then those who want more detail can purchase the book.

The very large impediment that renewables face in the US is political.  There is a war between Republicans and Democrats and if Democrats support renewables then Republicans are required by party unity to oppose renewables.

Between Democrats and Independents there are enough votes to make renewables happen.  Educate the educable and we can move faster to replace fossil fuels.

This needs repeating over and over in the face of the “no, we can’t!” gang.

> This new IEA book reaffirms that.

Yup. Good to have yet another confirmation of what many of us have been arguing for some time now.

> Exactly! So, let’s get on it!

Hear, hear!