Energy Security Infographic courtesy of the Congressional Budget Office
May
11
In this intimate talk filmed at TED’s offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world’s dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening — like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks — but some require a bigger...
May
09
What’s the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage — so we can have power on tap even when the sun’s not out and the wind’s not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale...
Mar
27
By Michael Grabell – ProPublica
This story was adapted from “Money Well Spent?: The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History” which will be published Tuesday by PublicAffairs.
A common criticism of President Obama’s $800...
Jan
31
Thisted, Denmark is a rural municipality with 46,000 inhabitants that started going “green” in the 1980s. One hundred percent of the electricity and over 85 percent of the heating used in the region is generated using natural resources. Electricity is 80 percent wind-generated and the...
Jan
26
Energy’s Future Today
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for our planet. Its energy is found in fossil fuels as well as all living things. Harnessing its energy holds great promise for the world's energy needs, and it will be heavily called upon as fossil fuels are depleted.
There...
Sep
06
Despite the challenges of harnessing renewable energy sources and the challenges of delivering renewable power to power supply grids worldwide, wind and solar are pushed as the solutions for weaning the global economy off of fossil fuels.
Use of renewable energy is key to world economic...
Jan
03
Until fuel prices increase, the best consumer value will remain a used hybrid or fuel-efficent conventional vehicle. And that's a shame.
The economic downturn of the past two years has led to a decrease in worldwide demand for oil and a drop in gasoline prices that may be good for consumers in...
Sep
20
