Global warming and nuclear proliferation are two of the biggest problems of our day. The efforts to solve both of them, though, continue to be hampered by stubborn adherence to an outdated worldview, in which the West is dominant and the rest of the world subordinate.
Archive for July, 2008
Same Old Song And Dance
Posted in Global Warming, Politics on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our New Sputnik Moment
Posted in Global Warming on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Jesse Jenkins and I published two op-eds this week, one in the San Francisco Chronicle and one in the Baltimore Sun, outlining a proposal for a National Energy Education Act:
“An Energy Plan We Can Believe In,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 31st.
“Realizing His Vision,” Baltimore Sun, July 30th.
Adam Zemel, BTG Fellow, covered the op-eds on the [...]
Boston Globe quotes Breakthrough Fellow
Posted in Global Warming on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A quote from Breakthrough fellow Zach Arnold appeared in an article in the Boston Globe yesterday, reporting on the newly released list of the nation’s “greenest colleges” by Princeton Review. Universities that received top scores include the University of New Hampshire, College of the Atlantic in Maine, and Harvard University.
Energy Efficiency: New Battleground for the Climate Movement
Posted in Global Warming on July 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Some climate strategies are sexy. Energy efficiency is certainly not one of them. Despite this, I am thoroughly convinced that a concentrated push for global energy efficiency is the most productive direction for the climate movement. The opportunities are truly massive: energy efficiency measures could halve US projected energy consumption in 2030. Globally, energy [...]
From Microchips to Clean Tech: The Military’s Role in a Renewable Energy Future
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Technology & Innovation Policy on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Look behind many of the key technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries, and you’ll see a long history of military involvement. The U.S. armed forces kick-started American dominance in civil aviation through their demand for planes during WWI, and later drove the growth of the computer industry by buying every microchip and supercomputer in [...]
Frustration Drives Innovation (But We Should Help It Along, Too)
Posted in Energy, tagged energy prices, innovation on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here at the Breakthrough Institute, we have held that making clean energy cheaper, rather than “dirty” (i.e. carbon intensive) energy more expensive, is the most effective way to spur the innovation we need to transition our energy dependence to new sources. In the absence of cheaper renewables, however, ever-rising oil prices are already prodding innovation [...]
8 days later…
Posted in Communication, Economy, Energy, Global Warming, Politics on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Over a week has passed since Al Gore made his bold call for 100% renewable energy in the next 10 years, initiating a wave of response. Conservatives called him crazy—ridiculous, even. Enviros applauded his vision and bold determination. Some Democrats cringed at his timing, afraid of the response of gas-sensitive voters. Some media barely covered [...]
What Does China’s Wind Boom Tell Us?
Posted in Development, Economy, Energy, Global Warming, Policy, Politics, Technology & Innovation Policy on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Over at the Environment and Energy blog, Bradford Plumer points the way to a great Guardian article on the Chinese wind boom. Wind installation there has been surpassing projections for some time, blowing through 6 GW earlier this year, and by year’s end China should lead the world in capacity. By 2010, one wind farm [...]
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