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Renewable Energy, the Star of the Show

Renewable Energy, the Star of the Show

Renewable Energy has been the step-child of energy policy, which has been dominated by Energy Efficiency (EE). This emphasis on EE is really a relic of the energy crises of the last century, when it was thought the cost of energy and energy independence were the issue, and not so much the environmental dimension. Times have changed. Reducing Green House Gas emissions (GHG-emissions) now has taken…

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NYC Energy Efficiency Paralysis - Open Letter to Mayor de Blasio

NYC Energy Efficiency Paralysis – Open Letter to Mayor de Blasio

Energy Efficiency (aka EE) is the most confusing issue in the entire green dialog. It is about time that the FTC took actionagainst anyone claiming that energy efficiency is green all by itself. It depends. If you make a fossil-fuel-based system more efficient, arguably you are reducing GHG-emissions somewhat, but that is seriously deceptive: you are simply extending the competitiveness of…

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Geothermal Heat Pumps Strategic Renewable for NYC

It is time to revisit geothermal heat pumps, and the battle of renewable energy versus energy efficiency. It has been noted with some regularity on this blog that NYC Clean Heat, and its comrade in arms the NYSERDA MPPare destroying real estate values in…

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Baucus Energy Tax Reform Misses with GHG-emissions Reduction

The Baucus Energy Tax Reform Proposal, which has reduction of GHG-emissionsas its focus, risks aggravating the very problem it is trying to cure. As drafted, for all its merit, and precedent-setting simplification, it would exclude an entire class of…

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