Clinton’s and McSame McCain’s energy dumb and dumber song-and-dance act about a ‘gas tax holiday’ is not getting any support from independent people who actually understand energy issues and/or economics. As per GasTaxScam DOT com, the merit of this idea is about the merit of setting out on a long voyage with an empty tank. A secret […]
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Gas Tax Scam (Dot COM)
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: climate change · conservation · Energy · government energy policy · Hillary Clinton · john mccain · politics
Energy Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest …
May 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments
My six-year old son is addicted to the Berenstein Bears. One of his first successfully read books: Ready, Get Set, Go which teaches adjectives and suggests that no one is best at everything. How many times read between us? 10? 25? Maybe 50? As any parent can tell you, a favored book like that becomes […]
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · analysis · barack obama · conservation · Energy · Global Warming · Hillary Clinton · john mccain
Musings on the crises we face … and the need for capital
April 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The news isn’t good. There is discussion of a US recession and its impacts globally when the appropriate analogy might be depression (financial and otherwise). Energy prices (partially driven by Peak Oil and other Peaking elements) are continuing their upwards path that might only be stunted by that global recession. Food prices are escalating, across the board, while […]
Tags: conservation · Energy · energy efficiency · financial policy · Global Warming
Electrical Disruption South African Style: Options looking forward
January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Electrical Disruption South African Style: Options looking forward
Today’s Washington Post had a long story about electricity supply disruption in South Africa. Reading it, a clear conclusion: South Africa hasn’t been building coal-fired electricity plants fast enough to keep up with growing demand. The blackouts are the result of surging demand and stagnant supply, exacerbated by a failed push toward privatization that made […]
Tags: climate change · conservation · energy intensity
Power Line: Questions to Ask Before Construction
December 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Today is the last day for placing questions and comments before the Virginia State Corporation Commission (VSCC) (comments) about two major issues from Dominion Virginia Power. Wise County coal-fired power plant (application, 14 page pdf) PUE-2007-0066 A 500 kV transmission line to bring coal electricity to Northern Virginia from Ohio (application, 29 page pdf) PUE-2007-00033 Green […]
Tags: conservation · electricity · emissions · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · politics · virginia
WashPost Business Section worth a look
November 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on WashPost Business Section worth a look
Monday’s Washington Post business section has an excellent set of articles examining local green businesses. They provide a window on those pursuing green productivity for, it seems, ethical/moral issues first (and financial as corollary) as per Honest Tea and those who started entirely with financial reasons (with any environmental/ethical/moral issues secondary, a corollary) as per Marriott (article […]
Tags: building green · business practice · commerce · conservation · eco-friendly · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · government energy policy · green · journalism · LEED · research · Washington Post
Energy COOL: Top Building products
November 9th, 2007 · Comments Off on Energy COOL: Top Building products
When people speak of the need for an energy version of the Manhattan Project, for the Apollo Project for Energy, the analogy is far from perfect. What is often missed, when conceiving this, is the client issue (who buys the nuclear weapons or the lunar landing module, eg, not your average homeowner) and the question […]
Tags: conservation · eco-friendly · energy efficiency · Uncategorized
Pelosi: Paint the People’s House a Brighter GREEN!
April 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
As discussed in Pelosi is 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’. This is moving forward. As per Democrats Painting the House GREEN …, the preliminary report (summary: pdf) of the Green the Capitol Initiative […]
Tags: conservation · Energy · energy efficiency · General · Global Warming · Nancy Pelosi
Democrats painting the House GREEN …
April 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments
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 […]
Tags: alternative energy · carbon dioxide · carbon offsets · conservation · democrats · electricity · emissions · energy efficiency · Global Warming · Nancy Pelosi
Carbon Neutrality … fraud or fact? — riffing off Al Gore debate
March 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The sound-machine created controversy over Al Gore’s home energy use has brought focus to an issue that merits focus. Are “Carbon Offsets” simply 21st century indulgences for assuaging the guilt of those living a life at odds with their belief structure (whether real or simply proclaimed) or do they have real meaning?
Tags: Al Gore · alternative energy · an inconvenient truth · conservation · eco-friendly · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · green · renewable energy · Solar Energy