Over the past decade or so, I have been somewhat engaged at my alma mater, The University of Chicago, with their EPIC (Energy Policy Institute Chicago) program. I had been told of a new tool that was being developed that would be able to model future climate impacts on a very localized basis. The initial product from this endeavor is now public with…
There’s not much I can say that will add to the following article. I am posting it here in its entirety since I know that most of you don’t actually click through to read the underlying articles on which I base my posts. For the skeptics and so called experts that have been grossly underestimating the growth of renewable energy…
As I was sitting on my back deck this morning drinking my coffee, relaxing and listening to the symphony of chirping birds I heard the growl of airplanes flying by overhead. Not an unusual sound for any of us almost anywhere in the world. And faintly in the background, I could hear the sound of traffic on the highway that…
As always, follow the money. The good news is that at more and more companies, shareholders are putting forward a significantly increased number of proposals at corporate annual meetings. In many cases, they are being passed. Even at Exxon Mobil. The effects of climate change especially is causing shareholders alarm for the future profits and viability of the companies…
Here’s another article in this series of blogs that will show that conventional wisdom is outdated and just simply, wrong. The pace of change in the energy “environment” is gaining more and more momentum… Solar Power Will Kill Coal Faster Than You Think Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s outlook shows renewables will be cheaper almost everywhere in just a few…
Solar technology is moving ahead so much faster than most people comprehend. It is gaining scale and the price is dropping. Unfortunately, we are ceding leadership in this arena to the Chinese. Sad. The rest of the world will leave us in the dust if we’re not careful. Watch this one minute video. You’ll be amazed. This…
In 1969, as part of the musical Hair, the Fifth Dimension recorded this song. Enjoy the music as you read more about the solar revolution that is coming… Support for clean energy driven by economics — report Maxine Joselow, E&E News reporter Thursday, June 15, 2017 Demand for clean energy is no longer a political issue — it’s an economic…
First of all, a happy Father’s Day to you all. I am so incredibly fortunate to have such a wonderful family all of which live close. It is worthwhile today to take a minute out and be thankful for all the blessings we enjoy and, especially here in the United States, the freedom we have to express ourselves and stand…
OK. So the movie is actually 310 to Yuma but that is fiction and this is reality. That movie is violent and our weather is getting more so too as the climate gets warmer. It was once described to me how CO2 warms our planet. Emitting CO2 into the atmosphere is like putting a blanket around the earth. The more…
As you can see from the photo above, I marched in the Peoples Climate March yesterday in Chicago with 5000 others. It was wet and cold but who cares when the fate of science and our planet are at stake. I know that most of those that read my blog agree with me that Climate Change is real…