I have a prediction for coal miners: I know you might expect relief from Donald Trump & cronies, but I don’t think it can come from them. The actions already taken by this regime will make it a fruitless effort. My best wishes to you — I really believe coal … [continued]
About twenty years ago, a very conservative friend of mine had a small get-together for friends. Nearly all of them were also of his political persuasion. I didn’t mind. I was almost there, myself. I had seen something the rest had not, however. It was the Hardiness Zone map of … [continued]
Almost every day, I come across a number of articles that claim we can’t address climate change without adding nuclear power plants — or even gas plants. I also come to articles that say we have plenty of renewable energy under development, but we need new transmission lines to get … [continued]
People sometimes think that I go out intentionally looking for good news. I don’t, really. But sometimes I happen across it. And sometimes, it is just a matter of seeing things that can be hopeful when they are viewed together. I was thinking recently about the Great Green Wall of … [continued]
It looks to me like a perfect storm for energy is coming to the United States. The Trump administration is trying to push energy resources that cannot be built quickly, while attempting to kill some that can. And this is happening just as demand is increasing. I believe we will … [continued]
I spend about five hours going through news every day, doing research for my blog. Recently, I started seeing multiple instances of posts going online over the course of a day, often over multiple days. One thing that I noticed about this was that the headlines seemed to be anti-renewable. … [continued]
A little electricity is a whole lot better than none at all. Photo from USAID in Africa via Wikimedia Commons.
I have been thinking about the idea that some people propose that the United States and a few other countries which emit greenhouse gases in high amounts should pay reparations to people in undeveloped countries. It really feels like a horrible idea, but I have been thinking about it anyway. … [continued]
Doing research for my blog, I typically read the titles of well over 300 articles each day. There are some I think are really good, as nearly all of those I find at CleanTechnica are. But I often find articles I think are trash, and this includes those decrying the … [continued]
I recently came across a somewhat old spreadsheet from the U.S. Department of Energy, “Public Retail Gasoline Stations by State and Year,” which covered data from 1996 to 2012 (xlsx file found HERE). It was clear that the numbers in it were not precisely accurate, but there was something very … [continued]
Or does that term do a disservice to our understanding? In 2017, the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society published a paper titled “Climate Scientists Virtually Unanimous: Anthropogenic Global Warming Is True.” The lead author was James Lawrence Powell, a man who was appointed to the National Science Board by both … [continued]
