Following up on my post the other day, 7 Reasons Extremist Republicans Have Taken The United States Hostage (+ 1 Silver Lining), here’s more on just how crazy some Republicans (Tea Partiers) have become. First of all, however, this is a…
Make no mistake about it. The US government has been taken hostage by extremist leaders in the Republican party. This, as many have already called it, is political terrorism. These extremists (somehow elected to important governmental roles) have decided to…
The BMW i3 is one beautiful electric car. I’d love to take it for a test drive, and think it’s high time for me to contact BMW in order to arrange that. Notably, over 100,000 people have already reserved test…
Tesla Motors this past week unveiled a stunning 90-second battery pack swap option for its Model S owners. The option should be available on the East and West coast by the end of the year. Below are more details —…
I published some original wind power country rankings this week on CleanTechnica. I put a lot of time into them and think they’re very interesting and useful rankings, so I’m sharing them here with you all, as well. (Is anyone…
The following is an excellent TED Talk that I think everyone should watch. The best parts, imho, are the practical pieces of advice crammed in at the end. But the whole thing is great. The advice is age-old advice, timeless…
No joke, and I don’t even have to get dressed for work: I know, I thought it was a joke at first, too. I actually received a tweet about the list on April 2, with a link to a slideshare…
Reposted from Solar Love: The solar manufacturing industry is now a highly competitive industry. Solar module companies that can’t compete are dropping like icicles on a warm spring day. Shell dropped out of the solar module race in 2006, giving…
Ren21 — a global renewable energy policy multi-stakeholder network that connects governmental bodies, nonprofit organizations, industry associations, research institutes and universities, and members of civil society — recently conducted a massive, 75-page report on a large variety of potential renewable energy…
Here are parts 1 and 2 of a presentation I recently gave to a class of renewable energy graduate students (reposted from CleanTechnica): Renewable Energy Big Pic: Part 1 (Including 34 Charts & Graphs) As I mentioned in my…