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While America’s leaders fiddle around and our rail seems to go down in flames, Europe is strengthening its rail system. Two interrelated items to consider: High-Speed Trains are expanding in Europe and are cutting travel times. European train systems are combining in an alliance program to be better positioned to fight discount airlines. Well, in […]

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As discussed in Nancy painting the House GREEN, in the beginning of March, Nancy Pelosi directed the House Chief Administrative Officer to come up with a plan to ‘Green the House’. Thursday, the preliminary report (summary: pdf) of the Green the Capitol Initiative was released. It has real, substantive, and meaningful elements. It merits support, […]

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Bit-by-bit, when Americans hear “Jim Hansen“, they think Global Warming and not the Muppets (Jim Henson).  While Henson cared about warming our hearts and getting smiles from kids while educating them, Hansen hopes to educated us so that we’ll act forcefully enough when it comes to Global Warming so that tomorrow’s kids will have reasons to smile […]

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Ohio’s wind energy potential actually exceeds the electricity demand of the entire state of Ohio Says Dennis Elliott of the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) as reported in a Beacon Journal article. Ohio is proving the value of applying new research methods. Previously, Ohio was thought to have only marginal wind power conditions. […]

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As reported here , in the beginning of March, Nancy Pelosi tasked the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the House on ‘greening the Capitol’ … a critical initiative to address energy conservation, efficiency and cost savings for the U.S. Capitol and congressional office buildings The House of Representatives should provide leadership to the nation in […]

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One of the top students of predictions of peak oil predictions is Robert L. Hirsch, formerlay of DOE and now at SAIC.   He gained fame for the Hirsch Report, Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and Risk Management.   Well, Hirsch has a new article in World Oil Magazine entitled Peaking of world oil production: […]

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Today, Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Dodd came out with a speech in which he called for a Corporate Carbon Tax.  While I have much in agreement with this, in reality, the nation should not have a “tax” but a fee.  A Global Warming Impact Fee …

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One challenge for trying to change pollution is going from the individual to the globe … and imagining the ‘invisible’ in a way we can each comprehend. It is easy to see the trash on the street and tell your child not to throw a candy wrapper on the ground. It is simple to understand […]

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Interested in solar electricity?  Have I ever got the deal for you … That, in part, is CitizenRE‘s claim that has been viral through the web — advertisements at website/blog after website/blog. The promise: Citizenr? will put solar electricity on your rooftop and sell the electricity to you at a fixed price (based on your […]

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Okay, perhaps I live a bit too much in the virtual world, but I have yet to make the transition to having a Second Life (although some 5.2 million have done so).  Thus, I missed the momentous events as Global Warming effects swamped portions of the Second Life world.

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