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The NY Times has published a fascinating profile of Jane Lubchenco, the recently approved head of the NOAA: The marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco has long urged scientists to abandon the habitual reticence of the research community and spend more time engaging the public and public officials about scientific and technical issues. Now Dr. Lubchenco, a professor at . . . → Read More: Social contracts for all The debate over the size and scope of nuclear power’s role in our future won’t be settled any time soon, I suspect. Between the people who truly love the technology (or have a huge financial incentive to love it), and those who consider it the technological equivalent of the Ebola virus, we can safely assume . . . → Read More: Nukes, again  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Conservation, Economics and business, Electricity, Nuclear, Public policy I promised that I would post the link to the video of my interview about and demo of hypermiling with a local news channel, so here it is. I was interviewed by Virginia Butler of Rochester’s all-news channel, R News. The story and video are currently the top item on the “Going Green” page. Once . . . → Read More: Hypermiling in the (local) news Update: See the bottom of this post for some information about the recently launched EcoDriving program. I’ve made no secret of my love for what I call “mild hypermiling”, by which I mean employing just the safer practices. Some of the things people do in their quest for ever more miles/gallon (like drafting behind 18-wheelers) are . . . → Read More: Hypermiling–still a great idea Update: As Jim Kingsdale points out in an update in the post linked below: “J. Peter Lynch, author of the essay posted below, is not the famous former manager of Fidelity’s Magellan Fund named Peter S. Lynch. Nonetheless he has addressed an important topic, the full cost of our use of fossil fuels.” I’ve . . . → Read More: Must read: Peter Lynch and the cost of energy |
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