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On Energy Transition, US Military Leads
Photo Credit: US ArmyAs Tom Friedman points out in his column yesterday, "the U.S. military loses one person, killed or wounded, for every 24 fuel convoys it runs in Afghanistan." Soldiers and others are put in harm's way as part of convoys, hundreds and hundreds of them, needed to transport fuel to run air conditioners and diesel... [read more]
GOP Bob Inglis Goes 'On-the-Record' About Climate Change
Whatever you think about Bob Inglis (R-South Carolina), you've got to hand it to him for going out "on-the-record" on climate change and calling out his peeps for missing the commercial opportunity. Here's a clip of his remarks via ThinkProgress [read more]
Friedman: “The totally bogus ‘discrediting’ of climate science has had serious implications” — loss of clean energy leadership and jobs to China
What a contrast. In a year that’s on track to be our planet’s hottest on record, America turned “climate change” into a four-letter word that many U.S. politicians won’t even dare utter in public. If this were just some parlor game, it wouldn’t matter. But the totally bogus “discrediting” of climate science has had serious... [read more]
An illustrated guide to the latest climate science
People here because of Friedman’s column might want to start with “An Introduction to Climate Progress” and other “Most Popular Posts” on the sidebar. My bio is here. You can get daily email updates on all things climate by clicking here. I’m featured in Tom Friedman’s column today, Global Weirding. I’ll blog on that term... [read more]
Green China: Friend or foe?
Barely a week goes by without new evidence of the greening of China. This is great news for the planet—but some people say it’s bad for the U.S. Are they right to worry? What got me thinking about this was a phone conversation the other day with Bill Gross, the brilliant and tireless entrepreneur who is the chief executive of eSolar and... [read more]
CNN/YouTube COP15 Climate Change Debate
CNN and YouTube conducted a live climate change debate in Copenhagen on December 15 at 8 a.m. EST. World leaders, activists, and leading thinkers debated the top-ranked video questions submitted by people from around the world. Fortunately, the panelists, including former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, journalist Thomas Friedman, U.... [read more]
Tom Friedman on “What They Really Believe”
If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the drill-baby-drill opponents of this legislation are now making two claims. One is that the globe has been cooling lately, not warming, and the other is that America simply can’t afford any kind of cap-and-trade/carbon tax. But... [read more]
Wake-Up Call
In his column in Sunday's New York Times, Tom Friedman highlighted the growth of renewable energy in China and proposed that it represented "The New Sputnik"--referring to the wake-up call this country received when the Soviet Union orbited the world's first satellite in 1957. As is so often the case when Mr. Friedman turns his... [read more]
“Invented here, sold there.”
The United States created the solar cell industry and literally launched it into space 50 years ago. And, yes, solar PV is going to be one of the largest job-creating industries of the century, projected to grow “from a $20 billion industry in 2007 to $74 billion by 2017.” But while conservatives work hard to kill the... [read more]
Duke’s Jim Rogers: “Green jobs put people to work, achieve long-term cost savings..."
“Green jobs” may be a trendy phrase, but its underlying principles are as old as the Constitution itself. No doubt Glenn Beck will call now call Jim Rogers a socialist — and some readers may call him schizophrenic or worse. But the coal-plant-building, climate-bill-endorsing, coal-front-group-quitting CEO of Duke Energy agrees... [read more]
The Energy Technology Olympics
One thing that consistently made me uncomfortable when I lived in China was everyday nationalism. And one thing that consistently makes me uncomfortable now that I live in the USA again is everyday nationalism.Community-level cultural solidarity I feel. Planet-scale compassion I feel. Drawing boundaries between Americans and Chinese and... [read more]
Tom Friedman: Obama “is going to have to mobilize the whole country…”
“… If he is not ready to risk failure by going all out, failure will be the most likely result.“ If Obama wants the Senate to pass Waxman-Markey — preferably strengthened — then he needs to put the same effort into it that he has begun for health care. And you, the informed public, must get more involved. The NYT reported lasted... [read more]
Cap & Trade: No Free Lunch
One thing I still miss about living in the New York metro area is receiving the Times on my front doorstep every morning. So instead of pouncing on Tom Friedman's latest column the morning it's published, I often don't see it for a couple of days, until I run across it on the Internet. The net effect is to raise the bar for Friedman... [read more]
Tom Friedman Calls for a Green Revolution
From the HuffingtonPost.com, with video of his speech on Thursday at the Aspen Institute, Tom Friedman’s preview of his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America. Personally, while I used to admire Friedman, I find his support, and ongoing... [read more]
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