Zero-energy demonstration project in Beijing made from pre-fab timber … [Read more...]
How Do You Pay for the Green New Deal: Cost of Fuel
I did some back of the envelope estimates of the cost of the fossil fuels we use in a year. The source of these figures is the USA DOE Energy Information Agency https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php But any mistakes in arithmetic are … [Read more...]
Grid-scale Battery: The Tesla System in Australia
Remember when Elon Musk offered to build a grid-scale battery for Southern Australia in "100 days or it’s free"? He made good on his bet, installing it on time for the cost of $66 million in December of 2017. According to a report on its … [Read more...]
Daily Reminder Calendar for the Next Decade of Climate Change
Scientists tell us that we have about a decade to do something to reduce climate calamity. Let's schedule out the next 10 years 3,650 days for climate action month by month week by week day by day to do what is ecologically … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Pro-Nuclear Op-Ed Has Massive, Obvious Lie in 2nd Sentence
While I fully support permanently shutting down rickety old Pilgrim nuclear this week, I'm agnostic on nuclear power in general. Sixty years into the nuclear era, it remains disaster-prone and we have no answers (never mind good ones) when … [Read more...]
Why isn’t job growth the first thing climate activists mention?
Please note that the Baker administration during its first term saw solar job losses of up to 3000 and that the last year has seen MA solar job growth down 11.4%. These job losses are almost certainly due to Governor Baker's refusal to … [Read more...]
From School Strike to Teach-in to Global Hackathon for Climate Friday After Friday
Friday School Strike for Climate to Friday Teach-ins on Climate to Friday Global Hackathons on Climate that is the progression I’d like to see and so I am passing on the idea. It came to me when I found that Harvard Divest was going to … [Read more...]
Building New Renewables Cheaper than Operating Existing Coal Plants
Rocky Mountain Institute had a webinar on “The Energy Future Is Now” on December 13: "Rocky Mountain Institute CEO Jules Kortenhorst, electricity expert Leia Guccione, and Marketing Director Kelly Vaughn discuss the urgency facing today's … [Read more...]
Green New Deal, Extinction Rebellion Demands, & My Approach to Climate Change
Here are Representative Ocasio-Cortez' proposed goals for a Select Committee on a Green New Deal (https://ocasio2018.com/green-new-deal) as part of the resuscitated House Committee on Climate Change: "The Plan for a Green New Deal (and the … [Read more...]
Ann Berwick states the obvious: “Natural gas is not a clean fuel”
Just to amplify another experienced, reality-based voice calling out the Boston Globe for its series (!) of pro-pipeline editorials. This time it's former Department of Public Utilities chair Ann Berwick -- but stop me if you've heard this … [Read more...]
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