Coal Consumption On the Rise in Asia Developing countries pick the cheapest fuel to produce needed electricity WASHINGTON – The Paris climate talks may end up with new carbon reduction commitments made mostly by Europe and...
Can Beijing Heavy Smog Become A Political Problem? Millions of Chinese are affected by environmental hazards. Can their protests turn into a movement? WASHINGTON – Can an autocracy be challenged by heavy smog? This sounds like a silly question. But it isn’t....
Fight Global Warming With Disruptive Innovation – Not Mandates WASHINGTON – The Paris event on climate change will probably yield nothing really concrete. The fact is that, despite...
Solar Energy Coming to Africa The revolution is underway WASHINGTON – A few months ago, a photograph of a little Asian child sitting next to a city lamp...
Fusion: The Next Energy Revolution Abundant, cheap and emissions free energy for the world WASHINGTON – TIME‘s cover story (November 2, 2015) has this tantalizing title: “Unlimited Energy. For Everyone. Forever. FUSION, It...
Will Tesla Be The Electric Car Maker of The Future? The company has an absurd market valuation, while it keeps losing money. Does it matter? WASHINGTON – Thank God, US IT tech companies are still in the lead. It is hard to match the...
Obama’s Anti-Carbon Policies Will Have No Impact On Global Warming This is all about ideology. Most environmentalists are Democrats WASHINGTON – President Obama is trying to transform the US energy industry via federal regulations. He just announced a...
Bill Gates: Fund High Risk Energy Ventures We need a breakthrough, real game changers that will perform better than carbon based systems WASHINGTON – Here is what Bill Gates, (ITÂ technology visionary, Microsoft founder, net worth about $ 80 billion), said talking...
Obama’s “Power Africa” Initiative Never Took Off Major investments in power generation did not happen. Too much bureaucracy WASHINGTON – Anybody who knows sub-Saharan Africa will tell you that the main obstacle to additional economic growth is...
Hyper Regulated US Solar Energy In the US, lawyers, not engineers, are the best renewable energy consultants WASHINGTON – Recently I read a very good piece on the future of solar power in the United States....