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Tag: Renewables

Clean energy minerals shortage: Who knew it could happen?

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

Will there be enough of the minerals critical for the technology behind the so-called green energy revolution?

"Demonstrations in La Paz, Bolivia against electoral fraud and the government of Evo Morales.”

Bumps on the road to a bright, green future – 17 Nov 2019

By Bart Anderson, Resilence.org

Bolivia and Climate Change’s Great Lithium Problem / Apple co-founder: ‘I've really given up' on self-driving cars / Regenerative businesses in a degenerative economic system?

Solar and Wind in Vermont with David Blittersdorf of All Earth Renewables

By James Howard Kunstler, David Blittersdorf, KunstlerCast

David Blittersdorf’s passion for renewable energy and earth-friendly technology started early. He built his first wind turbine at age 14 to light up the small shack where he boiled sap into maple syrup.

The Asian Miracles: Free Renewables Made it all Possible

By Tom Abel, Prosperous Way Down

Traditionally, extended families were the unit of reproduction, and thus the unit that requires inputs and maintenance. In rural communities, a large proportion of those inputs were from free renewables.

Intermittent Renewables Can’t Favorably Transform Grid Electricity

By Gail Tverberg, ourfiniteworld.com

Many people are hoping for wind and solar PV to transform grid electricity in a favorable way. Is this really possible?

Disconnect: Congressional hawks hate sustainability, but love military that seeks it

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

Why does the U.S. military establishment take environmental threats seriously and act on them in such a thoroughgoing fashion while the military's strongest congressional supporters are the most ardent opponents of sustainable practices?

How Africa Could Leapfrog Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy Alternatives

By Alex Lenferna, The Conversation

Africa has within its reach a future that creates a homegrown, robust, clean energy economy that keeps jobs and money on the continent.

6 predictions for 2016

By Griffin Carpenter, New Economics Foundation

Forecasting is a dangerous business, but here are six predictions you should keep an eye on.

Despite Hurdles, Solar Power in Australia Is Too Robust to Kill

By Jo Chandler, Yale Environment 360

No nation has as high a penetration of residential solar as Australia, with one in five homes now powered by the sun.

Electricity For All: Daniel Kammen – Part 1

By Alex Wise, Daniel Kammen, Sea Change Radio

Daniel Kammen paints a hopeful picture of a future where affordable renewable energy reaches the 1.2 billion people who currently live without access to electricity, with an overall positive impact on the environment.