Leading German Renewable Energy Proponent at Google

This is a very interesting presentation if you are interested in a rather involved analysis of future energy strategies.  Hermann Scheer is one of the movers and shakers in Germany that has made them such a powerhouse in renewable energy in recent years.  He's also the author of "Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy".

I'd recommend you skip the rather long introduction and go straight to his presentation.  Lots of food for thought.

MIT Clean Tech/GABA Lecture with Dr. Hermann Scheer - YouTube - 15 Feb 07

Leading German Renewable Energy Proponent at Google

This is a very interesting presentation if you are interested in a rather involved analysis of future energy strategies.  Hermann Scheer is one of the movers and shakers in Germany that has made them such a powerhouse in renewable energy in recent years.  He's also the author of "Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy".

I'd recommend you skip the rather long introduction and go straight to his presentation.  Lots of food for thought.

MIT Clean Tech/GABA Lecture with Dr. Hermann Scheer - YouTube - 15 Feb 07

And Now, Clean [Cough] Coal

Monbiot up to no good, as usual.

Carbon Capture is Turning Out to be Just Another Great Green Scam - Guardian (UK) - 18 Mar 08

"'Coal is so clean and fresh that the prime minister brushes his teeth with it, Downing Street said last night.  Mr Brown said advances in coal technology meant it was now one of the cleanest substances on Earth, and an unrivalled remover of stains and scaling.'  So says the satirical website the Daily Mash.  The real claims are scarcely battier."

"John Hutton, the secretary of state in charge of energy, has started justifying the decision he says he hasn't made.  'For critics,' he argued last week, 'there's a belief that coal-fired power stations undermine the UK's leadership position on climate change.  In fact, the opposite is true.'  Quite so: if we don't burn this stuff the Chinese might get their hands on it."

And Now, Clean [Cough] Coal

Monbiot up to no good, as usual.

Carbon Capture is Turning Out to be Just Another Great Green Scam - Guardian (UK) - 18 Mar 08

"'Coal is so clean and fresh that the prime minister brushes his teeth with it, Downing Street said last night.  Mr Brown said advances in coal technology meant it was now one of the cleanest substances on Earth, and an unrivalled remover of stains and scaling.'  So says the satirical website the Daily Mash.  The real claims are scarcely battier."

"John Hutton, the secretary of state in charge of energy, has started justifying the decision he says he hasn't made.  'For critics,' he argued last week, 'there's a belief that coal-fired power stations undermine the UK's leadership position on climate change.  In fact, the opposite is true.'  Quite so: if we don't burn this stuff the Chinese might get their hands on it."