Get Energy Smart! NOW!

I have often said that another clear example of a tipping point would come when people would become ashamed of being energy hogs, of pursuing an abusively wasteful energy lifestyle.  When people would not want to leave a light on outside all night out of concern from ‘what the neighbors might say’ … Well, this […]

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Land-Tejas Companies, a real pioneer in gated communities, is setting off in a new direction with Discovery at Spring Trails.  As they promote themselves, Innovation is the cornerstone of Land Tejas Companies, developer of Canyon Gate Communities. It is the refinement of vision and practicality. And now, from the developer who introduced guard-gated communities and […]

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COEJL, the Coalition on Environment and Jewish Life, focused itself this fall on asking the question: “How many Jews does it take to change a light bulb?” and helped tens of thousands of members of the Jewish community in nearly every state purchase and install energy efficient compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs–Hanukkah “chai-lights”–during the holiday […]

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America has developed a 99-cent shopping obsession that has turned Benjamin Franklin’s axiom “a penny saved is a penny earned” on its head. A price of $100 gives us pause, but a price of $99.99 seems like a bargain. Combined with easy access to revolving credit and our disposal culture, our focus on purchase price […]

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Every so often, need to delve into one of those policy arenas which are — on their face — arcane, but critical pieces of moving the nation on the path toward a sustainable and prosperous energy future, on the path to Energize America.   Just as Renewable Power Standards are critical to helping drive America’s […]

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Google is doing amazing things when it comes to energy.  They are working to promote plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). They are the centerpiece for Climate Savers smart computing, targeting a 50% reduction in computer electricity usage by 2010.  They custom design/build highly efficient power supplies.  They … they … Well, do you realize that […]

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America has developed a 99-cent shopping obsession that has turned Benjamin Franklin’s axiom “a penny saved is a penny earned” on its head. A price of $100 gives us pause, but a price of $99.99 seems like a bargain. Combined with easy access to revolving credit and our disposal culture, our focus on purchase price […]

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Last week, Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO (Jeroen van der Veer) published an OPED in the Times of London: Hard times and hard truths dictate future:  Efforts to fight global warming will be wasted unless we concentrate on energy efficiency.  This is a valuable discussion, in no small part, through the holistic nature of the “hard […]

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Charles Krauthammer’s The Tax-Free Lunch shows again the Washington Post’s willingness to publish fact-free OpEds.  Like Andrew Ferguson’s fact-free attack on Al Gore (and the Post’s lack of apology for publishing this trash), Krauthammer takes great liberty with reality, speaking commonly known urban legends, to confuse rather than enlighten. Let’s take a look at Krauthammer’s […]

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Truth be told, anyone with their eyes open is overwhelmed by the wealth of interesting, insightful, and high quality material out there — in soft (blogosphere) and hard (books, etc) copy.  This drives us, all too often, into stovepiping our focus, gaining ever more knowledge about an ever narrower focus area. Our challenges — as […]

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