All Entries in the "Opinion" Category
Opinion: Alternative Energy: Will U.S. lead or follow?
Seth Doane of CBS writes “In the wake of the Gulf oil disaster, calls for cleaner, greener energy, are growing louder. ‘Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America’s innovation to seize control of our own destiny,’ President Obama said in June. If that rallying cry sounds [...]
Opinion: Use of geothermal energy raises environmental concerns
A piece that has been making the rounds of renewable energy and environmental publications – in this case in helium.com by Lenna Gonya – suggests that geothermal developers should be wary of a number of possible issues. We point you to one here, if only that this industry be informed about what those outside are [...]
Opinion: CanGEA says U.S.-like government backing needed
In Canada, in video produced for the Association’s Third Annual Conference and Trade Show, CanGEA chairman Alison Thompson notes that there is no geothermal power produced in her home country, while the U.S. Leads world production. Thompson says there are 5 GW of potential in the western part of the country, and says the industry [...]
Opinion: Have We Even Entered The Clean Energy Race Yet?
Writing for Green Chip Stocks, Jeff Siegel quotes Kevin Parker, the global head of Deutsche Bank as saying “They’re [the United States] asleep at the wheel on climate change, asleep at the wheel on job growth, asleep at the wheel on this industrial revolution taking place in the energy industry. The U.S. hasn’t even entered [...]
Opinion: Oil and gas coproduction expands geothermal power possibilities
Leslie Blodgett, editor for the Geothermal Energy Association, writes for Renewable Energy World that “Federal funding initiatives are hoping to unlock the geothermal energy potential in an innovative new technology known as oil and gas coproduction. New research has shown that much of the 25 billion barrels of this geothermally heated “wastewater” produced at oil [...]
Opinion: Legislation holding back Australian geothermal projects
In Australia, geothermal company Clean Energy Australasia says the industry cannot move forward due to State Government legislation. CEA spokesman Joe Reichman says it cannot start producing electricity from geothermal resources under the state laws of Queensland because they only allow for exploration. “The Queensland Government has not passed production legislation so we can’t produce [...]
Opinion: Let’s get serious and pass a real clean energy law this year
David Yarnold, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, writing for politico.com says, “Let’s do it for real this time. The secret of the success of anti-pollution laws is that they actually limit — directly or indirectly — how much pollution companies can dump into the commons. Sounds kind of obvious, but it really works. [...]
International Opinion: A big fuss about nothing
So says Páll Stefánsson writing for the Iceland Review. The topic is the further expansion of Magma Energy Corp. stake in HS Orka. “But,” he says, “suddenly some members of the Left Green Movement, people who are sitting in our Althingi parliament as part of the majority government, are screaming that foreigners should not be [...]
Opinion: The power exists to save our planet
Albert Nerenberg, writing for the Montreal Gazette, states, “We have the technology. It’s here. Toronto-based engineer and venture capitalist Tom Rand has come out with what I’d call the most important book of the year. Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World is a flashy five-pound coffee table book available [...]
Opinion: We need a declaration of independence from foreign oil
Writing in the Grist, Congressman Ed Markey, D-Mass., says, “This weekend, our nation will recognize its 234th birthday — celebrating the freedom we have fought for since the first shots of the American Revolution were fired in the town of Lexington, Mass., in the heart of my congressional district.” “We need a declaration of independence [...]
