Energy Report from the FT
November 16, 2010 3 min. read

The Financial Times had another blockbuster special report on energy out a couple of weeks back.  Some highlights: US policy: A nation in thrall to the power of oil in which we learn that federal policy has been generally a failure for decades – no news there, I’m afraid.  “The only really successful federal policy […]

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Sequestering Carbon
March 9, 2010 3 min. read

Tom Friedman’s latest column, Dreaming the Possible Dream, touches on some companies and their promising technologies that we’ve seen here, namely Calera (cement) and Bloomenergy (fuel cells.)  Everybody has seen the hype for Bloomenergy.  I sincerely hope they live long and prosper. I quoted Bill McKibben here a while ago in his review of a […]

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Two Renewable Energy Gems (for the Price of One)
March 27, 2009 2 min. read

Quote of the Week – From Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero:  “To change the world’s energy model is the most significant challenge facing humanity in this generation, not only for the impact on climate change but also for its effects on the economic model.”  I think he’s got it.  By George, he’s got […]

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