In rereading a post of mine from a trip to Kenya in 2008, I was blown away by how prescient it turned out to be, and how full circle my career has come since then! Consider the following excerpt: The problem with such a plan is two-fold. First, these renewable energy technologies are expensive andContinue reading “My Career Has Come Full Circle”
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Critical Minerals and Materials Transitions
Last week I was honored to be invited to speak at the Rice Baker Institute‘s Annual Energy Summit on a panel about critical minerals and materials transitions. The panel was capably moderated by Michelle Michot Foss, a topical expert, and I joined some top-notch fellow panelists from the lithium, batteries, and legal fields. If youContinue reading “Critical Minerals and Materials Transitions”
I Like Al Gore – And He’s Wrong
A response to Al Gore’s “What the Fossil Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know”
My presentation from the 2016 Distributech Conference
This week I was in Orlando for Distributech, the annual Smart Grid Conference. I made some great connections, did lots of demos, and enjoyed making a brief presentation about one of Smart Office Energy Solutions’s client case studies:
The Future of Energy
Last week I was honored to be asked to give a brief talk on the future of energy at 1776, Washington DC’s startup incubator. I was in town for less than 24 hours but it felt invigorating to present my ideas back in my home town. The event was called RebootEnergy, and its purpose wasContinue reading “The Future of Energy”
Keys for US Job Creation
Last week I was honored to be asked to advise the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness about what we are doing here in Houston that has led to so much job creation while the rest of the country has been so economically stagnant. The meeting was held at Rice and was an informal roundtableContinue reading “Keys for US Job Creation”
The Most Pressing Question: How To Price Food, Energy, and Health?
I was recently invited to throw my hat in for participation in the conference on “Ecosystem Services” hosted by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative. It is a “think tank” style event at which people from all disciplines, sectors, and backgrounds come together to address weighty topics. One question on the application was, “Which oneContinue reading “The Most Pressing Question: How To Price Food, Energy, and Health?”