Don’t Clean Up After Carbon, Stop Emitting It
The world has an overheating problem, and prioritizing where the money gets spent to solve it is important. What are the choices and what’s the best short-term priority?
economics
No, Virginia, There Is No Nuclear Santa Claus
Virginia is about to receive approval for a nuclear plant that would cost 3-5 times what the equivalent wind and solar generation would cost. And it’s only 80 miles from Washington.
Trump Won’t Stop Global Climate Action, Might Accidentally Help
One of the key differences between Clinton and Trump was their stances on climate change. Clinton had a strong plan to continue the USA’s leadership position, and Trump disputes its existence. However, a Trump presidency isn’t a disaster for climate action globally or in the US. In fact, he might actually reduce US emissions, however unintentionally.
EV Rebate Impacts, Supercharging & The EV Ecosystem, Tesla Gigafactory Mythbusting (Cleantech Talk #19)
Update Feb 19: It seems the audio upload to SoundCloud was cut short for some reason, making this episode ~12 minutes instead of ~32. I just re-uploaded the audio file and it is now the full episode. In another episode of Cleantech Talk, Matthew, Kyle, and I run through a … [continued]
Solar = Energy Equity Solution
Originally published on ilsr.org. For over 100 years, the American economy has been fueled by enormous expansion of fossil fuel energy. It has emitted a disproportionate share of its environmental impact (too much) and economic rewards (too few) on those less fortunate. More than any 21st century energy source, solar … [continued]
Violence & Climate Change: Warming & Storming Disrupt Human Lives
Have you ever thought that society might be a bit rougher at the edges, and interpersonal and intergroup conflict more frequent, in the summertime? or in the tropics? New research clearly links social violence with the occurrence of climate change. People often attribute individual and regional conflicts to geography. The … [continued]
UK Solar Costs Pounded – Largest Solar Farm One Pound Or $1.59 Per Watt
Seventy years ago during World War II the Wymeswold airfield in Britain was used to help protect the free world from barbarism of a kind unseen in Europe since the middle ages and of a scale unprecedented in history. Never before was so much owed by so many to so … [continued]
Kenyan Ambassador To Speak At New York Geothermal Conference
Elkanah Odembo is Kenya’s ambassador to the United States. (Before taking on this role he worked in philanthropy and social responsibility). On April 11 in New York City at the U.S. and International Geothermal Energy Finance Forum he will be giving a speech about the importance of geothermal development in … [continued]
Re-generation: The Next Wave of Entrepreneurship is in Sustainability
“A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move towards higher levels.”- Albert Einstein
Our nation’s economic success has always been based on our technological superiority coupled with an entrepreneurial spirit: In the 1940’s, it was our superior infrastructure and distribution capabilities. In the 60’s and 70’s, we had an explosion of scientific revolutions through the “space race.” And in the late 80’s and 90’s, the technological revolution turned into the internet revolution.
Peak Oil, Peak Debt, and the Concentration of Power
This is a truly wonderful post from The Oil Drum by Goddard College’s Charles Eisenstein (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 U.S. License). Giving more depth to peak oil than the good infographic on that presented yesterday, but also delving deeply into the problems of our economy and how they are linked to our energy and environmental crisis, this is my recommended reading of the month, or more.
I was just listening to this great cover of a great Rolling Stones song while reading this and thought it was actually a good match for this piece, so let’s start off with that:
