RMI Outlet
Plug Into New Ideas
Reality Check: Debunking Three Clean Energy Myths
Myth 1: Businesses need a clear signal from congress before they can devise a solid energy strategy
Forget Solyndra; book says renewables win
Solyndra-enthralled Washington might not seem like the ideal place to promote the notion that renewables can help create an era of cheap, plentiful, secure, climate-safe energy — with “nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, forever.” Originally published on POLITICO (politico.com) on October 25, 2011.
Reinventing Fire: Business-Led Integrative Energy Solutions
Oil and coal have created modern civilization; yet their rising costs are starting to erode and outweigh their benefits. Is there a better way to fuel and power the world’s advanced industrial societies than digging up and burning roughly four cubic miles a year of the rotten remains of primeval swamp goo? Originally posted on Corporate Eco Forum on October 27, 2011.
Winning the Clean Energy Race
New Energy Era, Energy, Renewables, Reinventing Fire
Moving to a World Powered by Renewables
Earlier this month, South by Southwest (SXSW) held their inaugural Eco conference in Austin, Texas. Although SXSW holds an annual independent film festival that is second only to Sundance, an interactive conference comparable to TED and a music festival that is truly second to none, the SXSW crew saw the need for a concerted, cross sector approach to solving sustainability and environmental challenges and launched their latest effort, SXSW Eco.