'Energy Transition' Archive
The Big Disconnect
As the world trundles from recession to man-made ('natural') disasters, we keep looking for scapegoats and quick fixes. Those who ...
Renewable Energy Must Get Priority Over Conservation
Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home
In a redux of the Cape Wind debacle and other misguided public opposition, (previous article) dumb environmentalism is again standing in the ...
Lying With Headlines About the Climate
As one of the most powerful liars in the world, Matt Drudge takes perverse pleasure in twisting facts to fit his right-wing denialist agenda. He's got this down to a ...
Twelve Steps For CO2 Addicts
"How can we ever agree, Like the rest of the world, We grow farther apart.
I swear you don't listen to ...
Coal Industry Still Poisoning America’s Water
Coal Industry Still Poisoning America's Water
via New York Times
...and they're getting away with it. Even Obama's EPA can't seem to get a handle on the corruption, bullying and intimidation ...
Anarchy: The Civil Discussion, Part 2
More on Human Nature, and the Free-Rider Problem
"Why are people such assholes?" Someone asked me the other day.
I replied, "Because ...
Sustainability, Equilibrium, Prosperity
Last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill. As a contributor to Repower America, ...
Astronauts Begin To Drink Recycled Water
According to NASA, the astronauts on the International Space Station are now beginning to drink water purified from their own urine, sweat, and exhalations. While it's been possible for ...
Energy Lies, Damn Lies
It used to be that the most rancorous online debate was reserved for questions about religion, especially how and what to ...
Dark Greens and the ‘Consumerism’ Canard
A survey out last week from the Pew Research Center shows declining perceptions of necessity for a variety of household ...
So, How Thirsty Are You?
R Donaldson - February 2009
Water, Water
It is most of what our bodies are made of, in some way included in ...
Conspiracies and Climate Change
I received an email taking me to task for comparing the 9/11 truthers with climate change deniers. The correspondent claimed that while climate science was solid, the 9/11 truthers might ...
Only the Pyromaniacs Oppose Sustainability
Climate-induced drought. Deadly heat waves. Overfishing. 400,000 annual premature deaths from coal-soot in China (US ...
The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin’ in the Wind
Turns out Bob Dylan was right after all. A new study by Stanford professor Mark Z. Jacobson (via Stanford News Service) ...
Irrationality About Diapers in the UK
Proving once again that irrationality and science cover-ups are not the exclusive province of the religious right, the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has "instructed ...
Zaproot is Cheeky Green Fun
I always admire people who don't just talk about their principles, but put them into practice. With the Energy Transition, consciousness raising is nearly as important as personal commitment. After ...
Nimby Ninnies
An article on CNN describes the "plight" of a man who doesn't like wind turbines: He hates the sight and he hates ...
Plastic Bag Makers Try To Block Progress
Plastic bag manufacturers have mounted a particularly galling advertising campaign to stop California from implementing its new $0.25 per bag tax on disposable grocery ...
Chakib Khelil Extends Double-Talk on Oil Prices
It's hard to fathom OPEC president Chakib Khelil's (previous article) duplicitous and outrageous statements about the oil markets. On the one hand, OPEC is a cartel benefiting from prices ...
Methane Belch May Pose Extinction Threat
PHOTO: Methane Hydrate or so-called flammable ice, which exists under intense pressure in seabeds. The timing of the moronic "Carbon Belch Day" and Newt Gingrich's ...
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Solutions for Winning the Future announced today that more than 100,000 ...
Carbon Belch Day: When Morons Attack
Carbon Belch Day: When Morons Attack Conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org wants people to waste as much energy as possible on June 12 by "hosting a barbecue, going ...
Consumers are Fully Responsible for High Oil Prices
Oil Prices Finally some straight talk from the MSM (USA Today) about the true source and nature of our energy woes. So ...
Green Consumer Product Site Launched
A new eco-conscious/Fair Trade oriented consumer info site has just been launched-called Green Scene USA. It currently represents 12 U.S. cities, (including Santa ...
RMI Car of the Future on NOVA
I received this email from the Rocky Mountain Institute today for Earth Day. Since oil dependency finances corrupt theocracies and is at the root of both global warming and ...