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New Energy = New Standards

Everyone on this planet, through basic survival instincts and fear of the unknown, wants life to continue beyond all of the chaos we see around us at the moment.   But the problem is that we want it to continue in the same fashion as before (the way it’s not working so well now) because life in the unknown takes some personal responsibility to be able to handle the changes.
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Does Renewable Energy Have To "Win" Over Oil?

The more I look around, the more I see the abounding reasons we’ve all found ourselves in such an energy and environmental pickle.  » Read more

A National Call To Action

D-NM Senator Peter WirthYou would probably think that we as a planet should have reached a critical mass by now in our desire to clean up our home. 

But again, I find myself asking, "What is taking so long?  Why isn’t government stepping in, in a big way, and giving the thumbs up to renewable energy, basically saying ‘yes’ to an inhabitable planet?"  

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Hydrogen - The Golden Key

One of the first of the many challenges set before us in replacing fossil fuels with clean energy production methods, namely hydrogen, is the question of how to make hydrogen cheaply enough for it to be a viable replacement. 
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The Unflattering Economics of Oil

 
 
Oil Spill Clean up Crew - photo by ex.libris

The oil spill from BP and the Deepwater Horizon started me thinking about the way we people look at things and the perspectives we hold. Yes, this is a human and environmental tragedy of still untold proportions, and it’s highly unpleasant to run through the list of effects this event will have.  » Read more

 

Stand Up and Be Counted on Earth Day

 

Four decades ago I was a little kid and only cared about my Barbie. My mom and dad only cared about their business and family, and the government, as I remember, only cared about war, but no one that I can recall, openly cared about our planet.  » Read more

The Darker Side of Renewable Energy

I read an article recently, an article about Jetstream Wind in fact. The article wasn’t either helpful or hurtful, other than it showed me point blank the picture of a developing renewable energy industry struggling under the pressures of a bigger conundrum.  » Read more

Is There Life Past Plastic? Part Three

 

Most will acknowledge and agree that the use of fossil fuels has been paramount to our growth and industrialization over the past century. It has fueled our lives with illumination and given us the ability to travel around the planet so that we could see for ourselves and learn from what others were doing. » Read more

Is the American Mindset Impeding Technology? Part Two

In part two of Mr. Herman’s interview with Andrew Congdon of Sometimesdaily the question regarding humanity’s fear of change is asked.  » Read more

Hydrogen Powered America is closer than you think - Part One

 

Although there are scores of renewable energy alternatives, which we believe are all incredibly important to our energy portfolio, there is one that stands out more brightly than others in its energy/economic impact for the planet. » Read more

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