The picture at the top of this post is a coin-operated electric meter. In days past, if you wanted electricity, you put in a few coins, and voila! electricity was yours … until the coins ran…

Let’s talk about progress, specifically, energy progress. I’ll use a little analogy to help illustrate the concept. Many years ago, I lived in Bloomington, Indiana. In Spring of 1996, the week before the Indianapolis 500,…

Change rarely happens overnight. Generally, it sneaks up on you, and you realize “Hey … Wow! Something has really changed.” It is not the change that has occurred overnight, but rather its realization. Which is…

Two Presidents campaigned and won on a platform that promises “Change” with a capital “C.” Regrettably, when they leave the campaign trail and arrive in the nation’s capitol, Republican and Democrat alike are immediately reminded…

If you are into sustainability, you owe it to yourself to read this. It is a great piece for today, made all the more remarkable in that it was first written in 2009. Growing a…

In recognition of the fifty-fifth anniversary of JFK’s First Inaugural challenge to “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country,” I suggest that, based on…

“Here is the full scoop on Marvin Pipkin’s development of the Inside Frosted Light Bulb during the roaring 1920s: “In 1917, during the First World War, Mr. Pipkin, with his newly obtained degree in chemistry,…

My sense is that a generation of Baby Boomers has waited long for what is about to happen … I am coming to believe that an “enlightened majority” awaits … not unlike the Silent Majority…

Oh NO! The sky is falling! The world is getting warmer! The polar ice cap is melting. Oh … woe is me! What shall we do? I’ll tell you what will happen. The rich, who…