Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. Blaise Pascal, Lettres Provinciales, 1657 Two centuries later, in English: Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. Henry David Thoreau, letter, 1857 There is […]
Support principles, nor men
I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than be hypocritically immortalized. Davy Crockett, frontiersman, soldier, and politician (1786-1836).
Jeff Passmore CACOR ZOOM 2020-10-07
https://youtu.be/fqZna6Y4f7Q The Presentation deck is here. The CHAT Box contents are here.
Air Pollution: Here For All Seasons?
An email in my inbox today proclaimed, “it’s September and we’re heading into pollution season in many regions.” I was taken aback. Does pollution have a season? Of course, there is seasonal variability to certain pollutants, but, unfortunately, pollution lives with us in and outside our homes in every season. There is the invisible pollution: […]
Geothermal energy is surging — battered oil and gas companies should take advantage
The following is a contributed article by Jigar Shah, co-founder of the clean-energy and clean-tech investment firm Generate Capital, and Timothy Latimer, co-founder of Fervo Energy. Big Oil came into 2020 with big promises: big drops in greenhouse gas emissions, big investments in carbon-capture technology, big steps to make oil and gas a viable part […]