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Category Archives: Understanding “Energy”
Energy Deregulation simply explained
There was a time in the United States when every household dealt with one utility company. That company delivered electricity and natural gas energy to your home and set the energy price for those energy supplies, usually with the state … Continue reading
UMW: Messaging A Clean-Energy Future
When it comes to discussing the value and power of a clean-energy future, in a way that touches core values and life-experiences of a good share of Americans, perhaps it is time to think and speak UMW. No … not … Continue reading
Tapping Salt Water’s Energy Potential
It’s rare to run across a novel form of renewable energy that hasn’t already been touted as the Next Big Thing and the potential savior of humanity. Work on harnessing salinity gradient power, one aspect of which is also known … Continue reading
Why Is Renewable Energy So Expensive, While Molten Salt Reactors will be So Cheap?
Sometimes the most important information comes from seemingly boring sources. Scholars are said to have the souls of ants because they look at seemingly boring material. But sometimes that boring material yields interesting and useful information that tells interesting stories. … Continue reading
Stoves, Carbon Credits, Profits and the Poor
You want to change the world? You want to create jobs? End poverty? Give the corporate powers that be a profit motive: Profit from the poor. Unlikely as it sounds; business is the most effective and efficient way to mobilize capital … Continue reading
Good for Exxon Does Not Mean Good for American People
The oil and gas industry public relations organizations are spinning up in response to the New York Times pieces on the long term viability of natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing. Several commentaries appeared yesterday that are worth discussing. Tweet
Google Can See The Future
Google, whose energy initiatives and investments have always impressed me, yesterday released an energy innovation analysis that uses a model they built with McKinsey to forecast global power production mixes by different energy technologies in 2030. The analysis is available in … Continue reading
Understanding what a “Green” Job is..?
When you think ‘green jobs,’ do you conjure images of green hard hats, caulk guns, and tool belts? Well it might be time to start thinking about ‘green’ lab beakers, ‘green’ drafting tables and ‘green’ brief cases as well, because … Continue reading
