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Category Archives: Education
Maine: Codfish Adaptation – Fishermen’s Distress and What the Rest of the World Can Do About It.
With a few small changes, the title of this blog could represent (and ring true for) almost anywhere on Earth. I am focused on Maine right now because I think that something can be done about its situation that could … Continue reading
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Assessment: Winter 2015
In my July 8, 2014 blog, I promised to check in with four self-assessment reports throughout the year, at the following times: The commemorations of the American and French Revolutions (first two weeks of July) The Jewish religion’s holy day, … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, Adaptation, assessment, Breakthrough, citation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Democratization, Facebook, New Year, plagiarism, quarterly report, Quarterly Reports, references, Report, Social Media, Twitter
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The Price of Wobbling
Thanksgiving is around the corner (at the time of writing – by the time this is posted it will be a few days after) and the semester is just about over. This time of the year the students are focusing … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Arguementation, Argument, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Education, Environment, Global Freezing, Global Warming, global wobbling, ice age, John P. Holdren, Milutin Milankovitch, Mitigation, NASA, Piers Sellers, policy maker, politician, questions, Science, Scientists, Steve Stockman, student, wobbling
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The Economics of Energy Storage
Two of the last three blogs (July 15 and July 29, 2014) discussed the role that energy storage plays in the transition to more sustainable energy sources. In my last blog, I tried to discuss the available technologies. This week, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education
Tagged 2DS, Adaptation, Baseline, Breakthrough, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, EU, Gigawatt, IEA, India, Kilowatt, kwh, Power, Research, Storage, Technology, Thermal, Unit, United States, US, Watt, World Bank
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Storage – the Technologies
A quick note: this week’s post is a bit of a science challenge and requires some further investigation by the reader. Please click through to the links and email me if you have any questions. The Energy Storage Association (ESA) … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education
Tagged Batteries, Car Battary, Chlorination, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electricity, Electrolysis, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, ESA, Fossil Fuels, Hydroelectric, Lead-Acid; Faraday, Pool, Power Plants, Salt Water Chlorination, Science, Solid State, Swimming, USGS, Water
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Climate Change: Local Initiatives But Global Priorities
Previously, I described an effort to produce a film that monitors an energy transition in the Sunderban region of India. I am the “science guy” in the team and we are now working on expanding the movie to a longer … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education
Tagged Australia, Cap and Trade, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate Casino, Climate Change, Developing Countries, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, Greenland, ice, Indian, IPCC, Lesley Stahl, Science, Showtime, Sunderban, Western Countries, William Nordhaus, World Population, Years of Living Dangerously
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Self-Imposing Red Lines
Recently, this has become a trend among politicians and organizations: draw a line in the sand (if possible, draw the line in a red color), with an accompanying threat – if you cross this line we (or I) will do … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education
Tagged 350.org, Carbon, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, CO2 emissions, Fifth IPCC Report, Geoengineering, Global Warming, IPCC, Lesley Stahl, President Obama, red line, Showtime, Sustainability, Sustainable, Syrian War, unburnable carbon, Years of Living Dangerously
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Elisa Wood Guest Post: Microgrids
This week, with her kind permission, I am reposting two articles by Elisa Wood. She is an editor at EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com and has been writing about energy for more than two decades for top industry publications. Her work has been picked … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Energy, Environment, Extreme Weather, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Microgrids, Mitigation, Power, Power Plants, Superstorm Sandy, Sustainability, Technology, Tornado, Utility, Water
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Do We Have To Argue? Do We Even Know How To Argue?
A few years ago I was attending an academic retreat. These usually take place somewhere outside the campus and they often involve overnight stay. They are generally organized as a forum in which to discuss an institution’s important policy issues. … Continue reading