Distributed Generation – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Part III
Besides coming up with a creative and innovative business model, in order to be successful in business, a company needs something very important: money. Our company did something that no one in the field had ever done: we raised a whole lot if money. In fact, through a variety of private and institutional investors [...]
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Distributed Generation – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Part II
I’m sure that most people of consciousness in the environmental space would agree that Distributed Generation (DG)/Combined Heat & Power (CHP) is a great thing and should be applied wherever feasible. In fact, many of us can envision a world where the majority of electricity, as well as thermal energy, is produced on-site, and the [...]
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Distributed Generation – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
This is an eight part series
Part I
Distributed generation is the use of small-scale power generation systems (typically in the range of 100 kW to 10,000 kW), providing alternatives to or enhancements of the traditional electric power grid.
Out in the real world, Distributed Generation, or DG, can be found operating in a variety of situations in [...]
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Five of the Greenest Companies Around – Cool!!!
1.) Honda, Japan; Founded in 1945; Revenue: $84 Billion; Employees: 145,000
Honda is generally regarded as the most fuel-efficient auto company in the U.S.
While other automakers gripe, Honda attacks the issues of fuel economy and emissions with relish. Working independently, it is focusing on two alternative fuel technologies, the natural gas powered “Civic GX” and the [...]
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Presidents, Good and Bad, Environmentally Speaking
Before “Bad” was good, “Cool” was hot and green was “Green,” a long list of events transpired in the environmental space that portended significant change for the country. Much of these changes were brought on, either wittingly or unwittingly, at the presidential level. Below are presidents of the U.S. who, either directly or indirectly, had [...]
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A Prescient Message From the President
In thinking about former President Jimmy Carter, what comes to mind first is a President that many regard as the weakest and least consequential of the post World War II period. After all, he removed the Shaw of Iran, leading to the Iran hostage crisis, endured economic stagflation and has been credited with political naïveté [...]
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Throwing Away The Store
Here are some startling facts and statistics, about our use of products, and how this impacts the planet:
METAL:
• If it takes you 45 seconds to read this recycling fact, then by the time you are done, there will have been over a quarter of a million aluminum cans produced before you were done.
• If you [...]
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Fascinating Flabergasting Facts
1.) Only 1% of China’s 560 million city residents breathe air that is considered safe by the European Union
2.) Less than 1% of the world’s freshwater is readily available for human use
3.) Every day in the U.S., we produce enough trash to equal the weight of the Empire State Building
4.) 20 to 50 million metric tons of electronic waste [...]
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GREEN STATS, BAD AND GOOD
THE BAD:
• The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.
• 99.5 percent of all fresh water on Earth is in icecaps and glaciers.
• Americans dump 16 tons of sewage into their waters–every minute of every day.
• Each year, 1 million sea birds, [...]
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