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Nuclear at worst is better than coal at best

Bite"Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating normally."—George Monbiot.

Category:Clean Energy

BiteThe Marines are quietly leading the way on efficiency and renewables.

"Our priority is to save lives by reducing the number of Marines at risk on the road hauling fuel and water."

If you like buying Saudi oil, you'll love buying Chinese solar!

Category:Clean Energy

Bite"If you like buying oil from the Saudis, you'll love buying solar from the Chinese!"— Thomas Friedman

500 m years to create; we’re burning it in 200

Category:Clean Energy

Bite"Our children and grandchildren are going to be mad at us for burning all this oil. It took the Earth 500 million years to create the stuff we're burning in 200 years. Renewable energy sources are where we need to be headed." -- Prof. Jack Edwards

Thomas Edison: I'd put my money on solar energy

Category:Clean Energy

Bite"...I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that."— Thomas Edison

U.S. Navy: Computers were more costly than typewriters

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BiteRenewables too expensive? Navy Secy. Mabus: "Every new technology is more expensive. What if we hadn’t started using computers because they were more expensive than typewriters? What if we hadn't started using cell phones because they were more expensive than land lines? Where would we be?"

China is "eating our lunch" on clean energy

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Bite"Meanwhile China will keep eating our lunch on clean energy. What we need are politicians willing to make the tough—and often unpopular—decisions that can put the U.S. back in the game on energy."

Geoengineering: Is heart surgery better than a good diet?

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Bite“Is heart surgery preferable to a good diet? Of course not. Let’s go for the good diet.”—Bill Gates, on geoengineering.

Diet & exercise is not an easy option—it's the only one!

Category:Clean Energy

BiteWe're like the overweight patient that goes to the doctor and learns his cholesterol is too high. He doesn't die immediately—but until he changes his lifestyle and gets back down to the safe zone, he's at more risk from heart attack or stroke. If we're already past 350 [ppm CO2], are we all doome...

Which renewable? 'Mirror, mirror on the wall'

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BiteAs renewable technologies jostle for position in the growing low carbon economy, commentators are asking 'Who is the fairest electricity generation technology of them all?' It's the wrong question.

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BiteThe world is in the grip of a rush to renewables. Dirty old King Coal can be excused for being tired and grumpy at times.

Pricing risk: The accelerant to clean energy shift?

Category:Clean Energy

BiteBanks, insurers and big investors are beginning to price climate risk into their decisions. This will accelerate the shift to low carbon energy. Are they the fire-breathers of economic change?

Fossil fuel subsidies are a brake on emissions reduction

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BiteIn 2010, 37 governments spent $409bn on artificially lowering the price of fossil fuels, according to the International Energy Agency. This makes fossil fuels cheaper and slows down the transition to low-emission alternatives.

EV chargers: The future is here -- in Houston (again!)

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BiteWhat could be more futuristic than when the world listened with baited breath as astronauts talked to NASA control in Houston? Well, the future has arrived again in Houston, with electric car charging stations proliferating throughout the city.

Airbags save lives, biofuel saves carbon emissions

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BiteA car with airbags costs more than a car without. Society decides how valuable those airbags are. Society can decide the value of renewable fuels.

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BiteLittle House on the Prairie families were resourceful and self-reliant. Today's smart power grids and solar PV will democratise electricity and free us from behemoth energy utilities.

How are jets, transistors, computers, internet, GPS alike?

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Bite"What do jet engines, computers, transistors, the internet, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) have in common? They all owe their existence to early stage investment by the U.S. government."

Hey USA! Let's win the 'Clean Energy Race!'

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BiteIt's the Olympics. USA has a chance to win gold in the Clean Energy Race event. Unfortunately, she is falling behind other countries.

'Shine, Baby, Shine!' Not 'Drill, Baby, Drill'

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Bite"I have nothing more to do with oil. I am producing my own energy -- solar energy," Larry Hagman (the actor who played oil baron J.R. Ewing on TV show Dallas) said in a television advertisement for SolarWorld, a Bonn, Germany-based solar system producer.

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Bite"This past month, I spent more beer & pistachios than I did on gas & electric. And I am not a big drinker. It’s amazing how much (solar) cuts down on your bills and how economical it is to install.” – Jim Stroup, St. Louis, Missouri area resident who recently installed solar panels on his house.

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Nuclear at worst is better than coal at best

U.S. Marines: Less fuel saves lives.

If you like buying Saudi oil, you'll love buying Chinese solar!

500 m years to create; we’re burning it in 200

Thomas Edison: I'd put my money on solar energy

U.S. Navy: Computers were more costly than typewriters

China is "eating our lunch" on clean energy

Geoengineering: Is heart surgery better than a good diet?

Diet & exercise is not an easy option—it's the only one!

Which renewable? 'Mirror, mirror on the wall'

King Coal dethroned. Off with his head!

Pricing risk: The accelerant to clean energy shift?

Fossil fuel subsidies are a brake on emissions reduction

EV chargers: The future is here -- in Houston (again!)

Airbags save lives, biofuel saves carbon emissions

Energy democracy: Power in your hands.

How are jets, transistors, computers, internet, GPS alike?

Hey USA! Let's win the 'Clean Energy Race!'

'Shine, Baby, Shine!' Not 'Drill, Baby, Drill'

The best Christmas gift: Go solar!