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To Frack Or Not? Just One Of The Questions
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The question is whether the U.S. has the capacity to significantly reduce the threats from fracking through regulatory safeguards. Or are there aspects that are so inherently dangerous that fracking should not be allowed at all?[read more]
Solar Crowdfunding in California: Part 2, Everybody Solar
As the price of solar has plummeted and leases have become more widespread, many more Americans have been able to go solar. But what about the 75% who can’t?More options are emerging for solar for the rest of us -- including Mosaic’s new online marketplace, which is making it possible for people to invest in...[read more]
Solar Crowdfunding in California: Part 1, RE-volv
As the price of solar has plummeted and leases have become more widespread, many more Americans have been able to go solar. But what about the 75% who can’t?More options are emerging for solar for the rest of us -- including Mosaic’s new online marketplace, which is making it possible for people to invest in...[read more]
Do You Have A Right To Wind Power?
Interesting article on wind as a property interest in Texas: The Texas Wind Estate: Wind as a Natural Resource and a Severable Property Interest (University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 44, No. 2, p. 429, 2011 ), by: Alan J. Alexander, University of Michigan Law School The article states: [T]o fully utilize [Texas] energy...[read more]
A ‘fresh look’ at onshore oil and gas drilling - Obama and Salazar move to protect lands in American West
The Obama administration is moving briskly to erect new protections against environmentally destructive energy development practices in the American West even as it grapples with the cascading effects of the catastrophic BP oil disaster in the Gulf—and the federal oversight lapses that may have contributed to it. CAP’s Tom...[read more]
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“Good job summarizing the issues. One that you missed, is hinted at by this, "...we still require decades of basic RD&D before renewable energy hopefully reaches the point ...".A fundamental pillar of the renewable ideology is that with enough R & D, we can make breakthroughs happen were ever we want them. Many people truely believe that we'll start by making solar power ...”
“Hey, Max.You're trying to be funny, right? Or are you just not paying attention to anything but anti-nuclear rubbish?There are more than 60 reactors under construction - yes, under construction - around the world today. That's more than at any time since the 1970's, when France built it's huge nuclear fleet.Take a look at this: ...”