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Category Archives: Energy
Enabling the Transition from Fossil Fuels
The letter below was published in the Bernardsville News on October 9, 2014. EDITOR: We have abundant evidence that the earth is warming. This warming is already producing harmful changes in climate, sea level, and other conditions in the natural … Continue reading
Carbon Fee-and-Dividend; Best Way to Reduce Use of Fossil Fuels
The post below was intended to be a comment on a Tom Friedman column in the New York Times on 03-17-13. Comments were closed before it was finished and it was not submitted. I am posting it here to generate comments and to be … Continue reading
$80 solar power system in rural Kenya
In yesterday’s New York Times, Elisabeth Rosenthal, reports on getting electricity to a farming village far from Kenya’s electric grid. For Sara Ruto, the desperate yearning for electricity began last year with the purchase of her first cellphone, a lifeline … Continue reading
Great "New Yorker" story on the failed energy bill
In the October 11, 2010 The New Yorker, Ryan Lizza, reports: “As the World Burns: How the Senate and the White House missed their best chance to deal with climate change.” I’ll quote from it extensively, but if you don’t … Continue reading
Why OFF by 2050?
I’m old enough to remember when John Kennedy inspired the nation in 1961 and called for a program to land a man on the moon and bring him back safely to earth “before this decade is out.” Neither he nor … Continue reading
In Crackdown on Energy Use, China to Shut 2,000 Factories
Above is the lead headline in the New York Times today. Reporting from Hong Kong, journalist Keith Bradsher begins: “Earlier this summer, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China promised to use an “iron hand” to improve his country’s energy efficiency, … Continue reading
Carbon Fee-and-Dividend; How It Works
Carbon Fee-and-Dividend; How It Works The best way to discourage the use of fossil fuels is to raise their prices. Business leaders and economists have recommended a “carbon tax” for this purpose for many years. A system called “carbon fee-and-dividend” … Continue reading
Support Carbon Fee-and-Dividend, Withdraw from Cap-and-Trade
Message below was sent to EDF [Environmental Defense Fund] on July 12. Leaders of EDF: I am a long time EDF member. I know that Fred Krupp and EDF and some other environmental organizations promote a system of carbon cap-and-trade, … Continue reading
Focus on Economy in 2010 and on Carbon Fee-and-Dividend in 2011
Below is a comment posted to an article on the website Climate Progress on July 11, 2010. I have just finished Eric Pooley’s book “The Climate War”. This shows the enormous difficulty of designing and adopting complicated energy legislation in … Continue reading
Letter to Senator Menendez; ReEnergize America
The letter below was sent to Senator Robert Menendez on June 28 and posted here on August 23. Dear Senator Menendez: We need a national program to phase out fossil fuels and build a sustainable 21st century economy powered by clean … Continue reading