by John Klar | Mar 4, 2024 | Articles, Climate Change, Good Reads, Opinion
Recent studies claim ugly fields of solar panels, widely derided as destructive of local agricultural production and rural views, are beneficial to plants, pollinators, and soils. One ongoing Vermont experiment explored how “agrivoltaic” farming shares sunlight that...
by John Klar | Jan 14, 2024 | Articles, Climate Change, Good Reads, Opinion
Until recently, it appeared that nuclear power was simply off the energy table for climate activists and environmentalists — but they are now embracing its possibilities. This shift likely has been motivated by growing realization that solar panels and EVs just...
by John Klar | Dec 2, 2023 | Articles, Climate Change, Good Reads, Opinion
As the world’s leaders gather in Dubai for the 2023 “COP28” summit to discuss climate change, they would do well to learn a lesson from one of the 20th-century literary greats. In his iconic 1971 book “The Lorax,” Dr. Seuss poetically depicted an...
by John Klar | Nov 28, 2023 | Articles, Climate Change, Good Reads, Opinion
In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk claimed the United States could be supplied with electricity by a 10,000-square-mile solar array. Mr. Rogan did not critically press the iconic X-owner as to the logistical or environmental problems such an installation...
by Archived Author | Apr 9, 2019 | Articles, Climate Change, Economic Affairs News, Environmental, Global Warming, Politics, Social Issues
One of the thoroughly ridiculed aspects of the Green New Deal is the notion of transitioning entirely to renewable energy by 2030. However, most people do not understand how ridiculously unrealistic it is. Renewable energy is far less viable than most understand....