sduford on Jun 28 2008 | Filed under: Environment, Politics, Renewable Energy
The things that Bush can say and do while maintaing a straight face are just amazing. His pandering to his oil industry buddies knows no bounds.
He is perfectly OK with authorizing drilling for oil off the pristine coast of Alaska, but he has just put a freeze on solar farms in the desert because he [...]
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 06 2007 | Filed under: Biofuels, Politics, Renewable Energy
I’ve long been speaking out against the tragedy that is the push for biofuels. Today George Monbiot comes out strongly against this new fad in “green” energy.
I have already seen the effects of these food crops being used for fuels, and the increase in food prices in places like Panama.
Read Monbiot’s editorial here.
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 Sep 02 2007 | Filed under: Environment, Politics, Renewable Energy
Here’s a good article at Green Options on the “Cape Wind” fiasco. Basically the right wing fights the project because, well, its bad for the fossil fuel industry, and the Kennedy’s, who like to pass themselves as pro-environment and pro-renewable energy, are fighting it because it will spoil their view.
This is a rather hypocritical stance, [...]
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 Aug 01 2007 | Filed under: Politics, Renewable Energy
Here’s an excellent article from Rolling Stone Magazine on the ethanol boondoggle. This is nothing new, there are piles of information out there showing that ethanol from corn is a very bad idea. But ethanol makes Americans feel like they are doing something good without changing their comsumption habits, and nothing will stop farmers and energy companies for participating [...]
sduford on Jul 07 2007 | Filed under: Global Warming, Politics, Renewable Energy
This is a nice report on global warming and renewable energy, produced by Greenpeace. It is about 12 minutes long.
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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.