The Powerlessness of Green Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2007-06-14 17:43:30 When we see a documentary that tells us how limited our time is before the world implodes, our first thought is, “Wow,” and the second is, “Let’s see who called my cell phone while I was at that documentary.”
The reason for this is that we, as a society, do not have the resolve to stop a problem 50 or 25 or even 10 years before it affects us. This is not because we’re selfish brutes only interested in our own best interest, though of course we are, but rather because we are shortsighted. We put things off until we absolutely have to deal with them, and then we put things off some more.
The Roe vs. Wade of Alternative Energy Written By: Eben Esterhuizen 2007-04-04 23:40:31 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emmisions. The ruling means the EPA must regulate automobile CO2 emissions unless that agency can show the science of global warming is too uncertain to justify action. Although few expect the ruling to lead to immediate regulatory action, the decision has provided strong momentum to alternative energy stocks since Tuesday.
The State of the Union and Alternative Energy Written By: Mark Bershatsky 2008-02-01 09:31:35
On Monday night, President George W. Bush gave his seventh and final State of the Union address (eighth if you count the inauguration speech back in 2001). But before I continue, I would like to issue the disclaimer that this weblog is not designed to be an in-depth critique of our president's speech. There are plenty of other bloggers out there that are providing that. Instead, I wanted to comment on one particular section of the speech -- the alternative energy section. Especially given that this subject has been receiving increasingly more air time in recent State of the Union addresses.
The Story of Stuff Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-01-17 14:03:29 I have a list of about 100 movies I've never gotten around to seeing so I know all about putting things off. But even I managed to make time for this 20 minute fast-paced video about stuff.
It sounds like a weird premise but that's literally what it's about. Our stuff. Where it comes from. Where it goes. And why that matters. Cynics will appreciate that there is no emotional or ethical appeal to save our planet, just straight facts in a conversational tone. You will learn a lot in 20 minutes. Trust me. I hated An Inconvenient Truth. But this is the kind of thing everyone would want to see:
Disclosure: This isn't really a disclosure but I just wanted to point out that you're not really doing anything else for the next 20 minutes so just watch it. By the time you come up with something else to do (or say you're gonna do), 20 minutes will have passed.
The Thomas L. Friedman Energy Revolution Infomercial Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-09-15 20:47:53
To see Thomas Friedman speak, as I did at The 92nd Street Y on Sunday night, is to witness a live infomercial.
His product? The ET (Energy Technology) Revolution.
