San Antonio: New Economy Leader or Nuclear Guinea Pig?
San Antonio's new Mayor Julian Castro, in office just three months, has inherited a dilemma. The nation's 7th largest city is suffering from almost 8% unemployment. With limited resources, the Mayor...
View ArticleResources and anthropocentrism
Evolution demands short-term thinking focused on individual survival. Most attempts to overcome our evolutionarily hardwired absorption with self are selected against. The Overman is dead, killed by a...
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Review: Power from the Sun by Dan Chiras, with Robert Aram and Kurt Nelson
For the average home- or small business-owner looking to purchase a solar PV array, there is much homework to be done—and truly good textbooks, amid the cacophony of voices on the subject, are a real...
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Michigan Conference Envisions Local Future of Resilience and Sustainability
Randy Udall, Dr. Robert Costanza, Albert Bates, Richard Douthwaite, Stephanie Mills, Michael Brownlee, Megan Quinn Bachman, and Thomas Greco tackle peak oil, climate change, and monetary collapse at...
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Throwing our energy at impossible dreams...
"as mankind proceeded to get bigger and bigger we silently crossed a threshold"read more
View ArticleJob Losses Push Need for Energy Bill
Millions of job losses are pushing the U.S. Senate to consider a Jobs and Energy bill, even though Cap and Trade appears to be on life support. What are Five Key Measures that must be in a new Bill to...
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ODAC Newsletter - Mar 5
As Iraqi’s prepare to go to the polls on Sunday the country has been subjected to a month of increased violence including a string of blasts in Baghdad on Thursday targeting early voters which killed...
View ArticleMonbiot vs. Leggett duking it out over solar panels and feed-in tariffs - Mar 9
-Are we really going to let ourselves be duped into this solar panel rip-off?-Solar panels are not fashion accessories-There is no 'green treachery' in questioning this solar panel rip-offI accept...
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The curious return of coaldung fuelballs
While in the hills of western India last week I saw something I haven't seen since my schooldays. The something is old-fashioned fuel balls. You can hold one of these lightweight balls in your hand,...
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Renewables out of the bottle
Renewables have been growing as inside a bottle so far; a bottle made of disbelief, red tape and not enough financing. It is time for a little satori in renewable energy. Renewables can hold on their...
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