Rock Creek, Montana Bill McKibben, professor and environmental advocate, most notably through 350.org, wrote an interesting piece in The New Yorker, making the case that we are on the verge of the big leap to solar and, essentially arguing that utilities are standing in the way of systemic change. Solar, wind, and other renewables are …
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Understanding Net Energy Pricing as Another Subsidy of the Rich by the Poor
New York City At the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis during the second day of the organizing conference, we witnessed a fascinating argument, disguised as a debate in the question and answer section, between a number of environmental advocates and a hedge fund manager over the competing values of social justice and solar …
Solar Power Mitigates Life Off the Grid
Rock Creek When I began camping many years ago with the Boy Scouts, we learned and mastered arcane skills like how to start a fire with a piece of flint, striking until a spark lit the pine straw, how to send messages with Morse Code if lost, how to find true north in the deepest …