Crossing the Rubicon Into a New Age of Clean Energy
According to the Writer’s Almanac, it’s the anniversary of the date on which Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River from Gaul back into the Roman Republic, starting a civil war; this whole event and...
View ArticleA Few Individuals Can Make a Huge Difference in Environmental Justice
Each day we watch the slow grind of the forces that shape our world in terms of environmental justice. We ask ourselves questions that have no answers currently: How much of the Amazon rain forest...
View ArticleHow Feasible Is a Migration Away from Fossil Fuels, Technologically and...
Mark Z. Jacobson is a researcher at Stanford University who has made a splash recently with his findings that, both technologically and economically, it’s possible for us to migrate away from fossil...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency Bill Falls Flat
We at 2GreenEnergy were lucky to have super-intern Louis de Saint Phalle with us for several months this past spring, and we continue to be the beneficiaries of his insightful research into the...
View Article2GreenEnergy Intern Louis de Saint Phalle Writes on Offshore Wind
Linked here is another in a series of posts from 2GreenEnergy intern Louis de Saint Phalle, this one on offshore wind energy. As you read through it, I’d encourage you to write a comment or two,...
View ArticleViewpoints on the Migration to Renewable Energy
A colleague writes: Just finished Facts and Fantasies. Very informative, very readable. I dog-eared a bunch of pages to come back to later for reference. I’ll tackle “Doable” this week and...
View ArticleThe Pro-Nuke People Who Hate Renewables Are Relentless, But a Bit Silly
The pro-nuke people who are trying so desperately to eradicate solar and wind continue their tirade: Wind is a huge waste….. One full scale turbine has enough steel and concrete to build a safe 4th gen...
View ArticleRenewables: It’s Really Happening
Some folks doubt that renewable energy is making an impact and enabling the migration away from fossil fuels, yet these people find themselves on an island that’s getting smaller with each passing day....
View ArticleThe Migration to Renewable Energy Isn’t All Smooth Sailing
A reader asks re: my post on the good news in renewables: Lots of recent progress with solar but what about that setback in your California backyard that involved a fire in the big tower of power?...
View ArticleIn Terms of Integrating Renewables, All Eyes Are on Germany
One day last month, Germany generated 90% of its electricity from renewable resources. Though this is a rarity (their average in 2015 was 33%, up from 28% in 2014), the world stands in awe of what...
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