I just published the above "title" as my submission to SMITH magazine www.smithmag.com
It was over forty years ago that my friends and I agreed that "there ought to be a law" to prevent creation of objects that would (supposedly) last for millennia unless there was a process created simultaneously that would allow the re-cycling of the substance from which it was to be made. No such legal structure has been created, but we are getting smarter. Lots of us now realize that, "there is no garbage
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Senator John McCain the Luddite
I spend a lot of my time with young people. You expect young people to make occasional poor choices despite your best efforts to steer them in the right direction. Sometimes they need "corrective" guidance. So what do you do with a 75 year old US Senator who is making poor choices? You write him a letter. That is what I did this morning.
Here is what I said to him.
"I recieved the following email from the President of the Renewable Fuels Association of America: The Renewable Fuels Ass
Here is what I said to him.
"I recieved the following email from the President of the Renewable Fuels Association of America: The Renewable Fuels Ass
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Social Media, Building Consensus, Do We Want a Greener World?
Late Breaking news: President Obama announced NEW Fed Funding joint DOE/DeptAg prog. for development of biofuels SEE DE-FOA-0000657 (at this page. )
Building a Consensus
Social Media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more, are a good means of coming to a consensus about some ideas. What those ideas may be focused on, or how many it takes to make "a consensus" are pretty broad topics in themselves, but assuming we turn our attention to promoting "good" ideas, the consensus th
Building a Consensus
Social Media, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more, are a good means of coming to a consensus about some ideas. What those ideas may be focused on, or how many it takes to make "a consensus" are pretty broad topics in themselves, but assuming we turn our attention to promoting "good" ideas, the consensus th
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Future of Internet Hidden in Plain Sight
Sound Bytes
I have been told by experts (including Susan Harrow) that the way to a television producer's heart is by using tasty little sound bites. That is, pithy, little nuggets that encapsulate a concept or opinion or fact in a memorable way. If you can string together a high profile, topical (especially tied to some other current news or event or seasonal item) pitch that incorporates a good sound bite or two and follow through with an interview with the producer that adds a couple more
I have been told by experts (including Susan Harrow) that the way to a television producer's heart is by using tasty little sound bites. That is, pithy, little nuggets that encapsulate a concept or opinion or fact in a memorable way. If you can string together a high profile, topical (especially tied to some other current news or event or seasonal item) pitch that incorporates a good sound bite or two and follow through with an interview with the producer that adds a couple more
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Answer to Everything (?), Exports Under-Emphasized in SOTU
Beware of the Barnums
Famous circus promoter P.T. Barnum (founder of the circus that eventually merged with its main competitor to become today's "Barnum and Bailey" circus) was clever but flaunted his lack of respect for people too dumb to avoid being deceived by his tricks of marketing. There are no shortage of unscrupulous swindlers, especially plying their skills on the internet. You have probably heard, or perhaps even laughed at those who have been duped into some sucker scheme to flee
Famous circus promoter P.T. Barnum (founder of the circus that eventually merged with its main competitor to become today's "Barnum and Bailey" circus) was clever but flaunted his lack of respect for people too dumb to avoid being deceived by his tricks of marketing. There are no shortage of unscrupulous swindlers, especially plying their skills on the internet. You have probably heard, or perhaps even laughed at those who have been duped into some sucker scheme to flee
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Japan's Great Leap Forward, Feedstocks are Key to Green Company Values
Kyocera Announces Solar Storage for the Home
Apparently motivated, in part at least, by the Fukushima nuclear power disaster of last year, Japan has created legislation that permits "feed-in tariffs" for independent (including "home grown") electric energy generation to be added to the national (or regional) grid power system(s). Home energy backup systems is a major perceived demand in Japan, at least according to Kyocera who are using batteries from Samsung along with solar panel arrays to
Apparently motivated, in part at least, by the Fukushima nuclear power disaster of last year, Japan has created legislation that permits "feed-in tariffs" for independent (including "home grown") electric energy generation to be added to the national (or regional) grid power system(s). Home energy backup systems is a major perceived demand in Japan, at least according to Kyocera who are using batteries from Samsung along with solar panel arrays to
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Another Simple Energy Strategy: HSR
High Speed Rail
A recent discussion on a LinkedIn.com forum prompted me to add this response.
A number that gets bandied about a lot is that US$700 Billion which was allocated by the George W. Bush Administration as TARP Funds; loans to banks which had backed "toxic" assets. But let's imagine we can erase past "mistakes" and re-allocate that amount to High Speed Rail (HSR). China has already built 4000 miles of high speed rail tracks according to at least one report I have seen. Now for s
A recent discussion on a LinkedIn.com forum prompted me to add this response.
A number that gets bandied about a lot is that US$700 Billion which was allocated by the George W. Bush Administration as TARP Funds; loans to banks which had backed "toxic" assets. But let's imagine we can erase past "mistakes" and re-allocate that amount to High Speed Rail (HSR). China has already built 4000 miles of high speed rail tracks according to at least one report I have seen. Now for s
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tell Congress: STOP SOPA, STOP PIPA
Urgent appeal: SSP ("Stop Stupid Politicians")
I am sure that somewhere, sometime, someone imagined that a "representative democracy" would be comprised of representatives who were the best and brightest, the most altruistic and incorruptible human beings in a society. (Okay, when you stop laughing at the naivety of that concept ... keep reading this could be important to you and everyone's future.)
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the short titles SOPA and
I am sure that somewhere, sometime, someone imagined that a "representative democracy" would be comprised of representatives who were the best and brightest, the most altruistic and incorruptible human beings in a society. (Okay, when you stop laughing at the naivety of that concept ... keep reading this could be important to you and everyone's future.)
Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the short titles SOPA and
Monday, January 9, 2012
Green EXPORTS Development Bank (I proposed in Foreign Policy reply)
Foreign Policy Special Report
In Foreign Policy Magazine 's website here is a "special report" written by World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics, Justin Yefu Lin, he suggests that $1 Trillion needs to be invested in development of infrastructure around the world, and that the need is urgent. In fact he says, in his final paragraph (and I heartily agree):
It's time for rich and poor countries alike to join hands to literally build the future. Infras
In Foreign Policy Magazine 's website here is a "special report" written by World Bank chief economist and senior vice president for development economics, Justin Yefu Lin, he suggests that $1 Trillion needs to be invested in development of infrastructure around the world, and that the need is urgent. In fact he says, in his final paragraph (and I heartily agree):
It's time for rich and poor countries alike to join hands to literally build the future. Infras
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