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Saving water saves energy. A new study shows a fun way to do so. As the father of a teenager, I appreciate the value of a shower. Positive externalities abound. … Continue Reading Disco Shower or Consumption Shaming?
LEDs are great even if they won’t necessarily result in large net energy savings. LED technology is exploding, enabling entire new categories of lighting. My favorite example is the new … Continue Reading Here Come the Lumens
The quest for a lower cost, more reliable and cleaner grid is motivating states to cooperate. The operators of the electrical grid in the Western US have had a tough … Continue Reading Western States Build the Foundation of their Energy Future
Wholesale electricity prices in California this winter were the highest in a decade. We normally think of summer, not winter, as the most challenging time for the California electricity market. … Continue Reading A Very Expensive Winter
Public transport ridership is in serious trouble. We know that having the average American commuter move an average car weighing 4,000 pounds 41 miles across a highway is an inefficient … Continue Reading Riders on the Strom*?
Cleantech investment is ready to flow… but the pipes of progress are clogged. 2022 was a watershed year for federal climate change legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) directed $369 … Continue Reading What the Energy Transition Needs Now is a Good Plumber
What do record natural gas prices tell us about cost risks of fossil and renewable energy? Much of the US and Europe are breathing a collective sigh of relief as … Continue Reading The West Coast’s Bleak Energy Winter
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