Posts Tagged ‘renewables’

If you feed a dinosaur, you get a bigger dinosaur. Just don’t come complaining to me when it eats you.

Renewable energy requires more than just technological innovation – it’s forcing us to look at our business models in new and creative ways.

Everyone’s favorite bright yellow family took a satiric look at renewable energy this week. After receiving an exorbitant energy bill, the Simpsons decide to visit a renewable energy trade show to get themselves off the grid. The jokes fly pretty fast, so pay close attention to see the battle between switchgrass ethanol and corn ethanol, [...]

Old habits die hard, and almost 10 years working in research labs gave me a strange desire to read scientific journal articles.  My field has changed, but I was happy to find there are plenty of journals that focus on energy generation, building science, and sustainability.  I’ll cover the highlights from time to time. Picture [...]

There was an excellent article from Fast Company last week about the battle for our country’s energy future, and it smacks of the classic David vs. Goliath. Our current energy infrastructure is like an ailing heart patient: it was strong in its heyday, but now its been patched and prodded and if you give it [...]