I tried to get through it, I really did. But I stopped at page 62. This morning I sat down with the A State of Knowledge Report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The Knowledge Report was recently put out by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (now the...
Final Details of Obama’s 2009 Stimulus Bill The 1,071-page American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cleared the House Friday 246-183, without any Republican support, and received final passage in the Senate later that night on a 61-37 vote with three Republicans...
The Drawback of Renewables If we are going to discuss the possibility of making solar power and wind power a large part of the United States’ energy production mix then we need to be honest about some of the drawbacks. As we’ve already discussed, one of...
World Energy Consumption Per Capita Americans really do use a lot of energy. I’m not condemning. Our economy and lifestyle are based upon cheap energy. The point of this entire exercise is to determine whether its technologically and economically possible for us...
Today, electricity from solar farms is approximately four times as expensive as the market rate. Solar costs are not predicted to reach parity until after 2020. Economics aside, what is the potential for solar energy? The Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study, produced...
