Category Archives: Energy

Climate Change Hoax? Hardly.

By AKB | Published: March 3, 2010
“I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion.” – Al Gore. Me too buddy. I wish that I could wake up tomorrow and the facts were different. I wish climate change was a lie. Unfortunately, it’s not. “The overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged.” “Companies whose business plans are dependent [...]
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How the GOP goes green

By AKB | Published: March 1, 2010
“We are more dependent on foreign oil today than after 9/11. That is political malpractice, and every member of Congress is responsible” says Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator, South Carolina) in a recent NYTimes article: How the GOP goes green. “We can’t be a nation that always tries and fails,” Graham concludes. “We have to eventually [...]
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Honda’s new solar hydrogen fueling station

By ADC | Published: February 5, 2010
I just saw this news story, and while I don’t have time to issue commentary on it today, I think it is a neat news item. Honda just opened a solar hydrogen fueling station in California. This design is small enough to fit in a person’s garage, which helps alleviate the problem of finding a [...]
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Kudos are in order

By ADC | Published: January 27, 2010
I read an article just recently that really impressed me. Many articles about renewable energy sources tend to gloss over the downsides of a particular technology and present a very simplified view of the overall environmental merit of the ‘renewable’ energy source. Perhaps simplifying the science behind new technology is the point of science review [...]
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Who Killed the Electric Car?

By AKB | Published: September 24, 2009
You know when you see a really good movie and you get all pumped up about it and can’t stop telling people about it? You say stuff like “No, seriously- you need to watch this” and “It’s really interesting.” I’m not going to do that. I try not to recommend things too often, but this [...]
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