sduford on Jan 10 2008 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology
Last month Scientific American published an interesting article on a grand plan to replace most of America’s energy sources through the use of large scale solar energy. After reading it, I would say that it is quite realistic and feasible.
The biggest obstacle is the cost: 420 billion dollars over 40 years. But then again [...]
sduford on Dec 17 2007 | Filed under: Biofuels, Books, Energy Efficiency, Politics, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Dev., Technology
Here’s a very interesting talk by Amory B. Lovins on weening ourselves off of oil while saving and creating jobs and fostering economic growth. He lists a bunch of simple ideas and shows their effect on oil consumption. This talk is based on his freely downloadable book which details all of his calculations so you [...]
sduford on Nov 30 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Environment, Global Warming
Here’s an excellent article by Keith Farnish of The Earth Blog. In this blog entry he discusses how moving some of your electricity consumption to the wee hours of the night can greatly reduce the overall electricity production capacity that needs to be constantly “on-line”.
Well worth reading here.
sduford on Nov 30 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Technology
I always believed that it is possible to make huge cuts in CO2 emissions without huge economic costs by adopting energy consumption reductions, new more efficient technologies, and renewable energy sources. Many European countries and corporations are already proving it. It just makes sense: you reduce your energy consumption, you save money! And as in [...]
sduford on Nov 13 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, Politics
Finally, a US Presidential candidate takes a strong stance on Climate Change and realizes the potential it presents to create jobs and bring her country out of a gigantic slump.
I hope she gets rewarded for it, and that she will deliver the goods.
Read the full article…
sduford on Oct 23 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
No matter what you think, oil is not an infinite resource and sooner or later it will run out. Peak oil refers to a point at which the world’s oil production peaks, at which point supply declines and since consumption is still increasing rapidly, you end up with rapidly increasing prices, and the potential for [...]
sduford on Aug 10 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Politics, Renewable Energy
Looks like Canada’s provincial Premiers are a lot smarter than the Prime Minister! Stephen Harper is a Bush puppet and has adopted energy and environmental policies that are carbon copies of the USA’s, meaning they are disastrous, irresponsible and misleading. Good thing the Provinces are not following his lead. Now I’d like to see California-style incentives for renewable [...]
sduford on Jul 04 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Global Warming
Here’s a very hard hitting video produced by Greenpeace. That is one angry looking kid, and he has all the reasons in the world to be angry.
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sduford on May 20 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Dev.
President Bill Clinton today announced the creation of a global Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, a project of the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), which will assist cities in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. This program brings together four of the world’s largest energy service companies (ESCOs), five of the world’s largest banks and [...]
sduford on May 08 2007 | Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Technology
If controlling global warming is a priority, then a transformation of how the world produced, transports and uses electricity will be required, IPCC report reveals.
By David Biello , Scientific American
Read the story here.