All Blog Posts Tagged 'smart' (5)

Wall Street is listening!

I was just listening to CNBC when my attention was grabbed by a business news article they were about to do on the smart grid. I'm not an expert on the stock market but I believe this is both good and positive news for us all. It appears that an ETF(exchange traded fund) has been created to trade in companies that are in smart grid businesses. The stock symbol for the fund is GRID and it will create a basket of 29 companies that work with smart grid infrastructure, equipment and components for… Continue

Added by allen bauman on November 18, 2009 at 10:24am — No Comments

Does improving energy efficiency actually increase the carbon footprint.

This is a very thought provoking article about how increases in energy efficiency may lead to increases in energy use:

The Jevons Paradox

It is followed by some interesting commentary.

The Jevons Paradox

How Efficiency Improvements May Be Undermining Sustainability

Posted on Sep 4 by Martin Holladay

U.S. energy consumption continues to rise. In spite of continuing efficiency improvements that allow manufacturers to reduce the energy… Continue

Added by allen bauman on September 5, 2009 at 1:16am — No Comments

Re....Volt....ing

Def.: Building a smart grid. Something the smart folks in D.C. have not been able to figure out yet.....ab

(sometimes I do this stuff just to amuse myself)

Added by allen bauman on July 21, 2009 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Wired For Progress, Understanding The Smart Grid

Yesterday I and several other members of the Pickens Army attended the National Clean Energy Summit along with Boone Pickens and various other staffers. It was very informative at the least and it was good to hear the forum participants have such an open dialogue especially because there were people around the table who represented most sides of the political spectrum and all were agreeing with each other. Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi might be expected to lean toward the left but then… Continue

Added by mike on February 24, 2009 at 10:30am — 4 Comments

Educating myself on Energy?....or just another rant?

I hope to learn more and more about the possibility of effective energy solutions in America. What little knowledge I have of our energy/economic crisis mostly comes from TV news coverage and the internet. But is this enough? Is this enough to start the momentum of change? I don't know, honestly.

The simple fact that I have been inspired by the Pickens plan is probably a good start and by signing up here, I hope to educate myself more on what I can do to be a part of the critically… Continue

Added by hpproron on December 16, 2008 at 9:05am — No Comments