Burlington, Vermont Becomes First U.S. City to Run On 100% Renewable Electricity
The cheapest long term financial investment for us with the least amount of risk was to move in this direction.
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Green Dreams – Future or Fantasy?
David Fridley on alternative energy, what it can do, and what it can’t.
The Collapse of Oil Prices and Energy Security in Europe
Eventually, production must go down: there will still be oil that could be, theoretically, extracted, but that we won’t be able to afford to extract. This is the essence of the concept of depletion.
Could BC Become a 100% Renewable Energy Region?: Transportation
Is it possible that we could get where we want to be and ship our goods where they need to go without any use of fossil fuels?
Energy Crunch: Avoiding a new dash for gas
Nearly half the UK is now open to fracking. The latest onshore oil and gas licensing round opened up most of England and the Midland Valley of Scotland for applications to drill…
Breaking the Grip of the Fossil Fuel Economy: If It Can Happen in Appalachia, It Can Happen Anywhere
The people who agreed to spend their days digging coal from the underside of mountains produced enough power to industrialize the nation: They’re owed something back.
The Global Energy Market’s Moment of Truth
Sustainability is not good for many businesses – in fact it means they’ll have to go out of business. This is what sustainability at its core is all about – things that are unsustainable will stop.
Returns on Divestments?
I believe we’re at a point where renewables are going to continue becoming more affordable while fossil fuels continue to get more expensive, and more risky.
Energy Crunch: What’s the big picture?
Hopes of a shale bonanza to replace dwindling conventional resources took a battering this week.
Toward a Supply Constrained World
In this installment we discuss the potential role of renewable energy in transition and macroeconomic models in the face of supply constraints.
The sower’s strategy: how to speed up the sustainable energy transition
In order to survive the double threat of resource depletion and climate change we need to move as quickly as possible to a sustainable society based on renewable resources.
Energy Crunch: Fracking Under Fire
Coalition energy policy came under fire from an unusual source this week – former energy secretary and noted fracking enthusiast Lord Howell. …he now claims the government’s view of shale gas “is much too optimistic…
