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Is green energy economically viable?Is Green Energy Economically Viable? The first time I stood beneath a utility-scale wind turbine, I expected noise. Machinery always announces itself. Diesel engines rattle. Coal plants exhale like exhausted dragons. Even the fluorescent lights in old office buildings buzz with the low anxiety of consumption. But the turbine made almost no sound at all. The blades moved with a slow authority,...0 Comments 0 Shares 5K Views 0 Reviews
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Sustainable growth and environmental concernsSustainable Growth and Environmental Concerns: The Balancing Act That Will Define the Twenty-First Century Economic growth has long been treated as a measure of progress. Nations celebrate rising GDP. Businesses pursue expansion. Investors reward companies that consistently increase revenue and profits. Growth, in many ways, has become synonymous with success. Yet a simple question lingers...0 Comments 0 Shares 1K Views 0 Reviews
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What are the economic benefits of renewable energy?What Are the Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy? There is a peculiar sound a coal plant makes before dawn. I heard it years ago while standing outside a generating station near Delta, Utah, waiting for a maintenance supervisor who was late because a conveyor belt had jammed. The sound was not mechanical, exactly. It was respiratory. A metallic inhalation. The plant breathed in pulverized...0 Comments 0 Shares 4K Views 0 Reviews
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What is green growth?What Is Green Growth? The Most Important Economic Debate You’ve Probably Never Heard Of A few years ago, I attended a policy conference where two distinguished economists found themselves arguing over what appeared to be a simple question. Can humanity continue to become richer while using fewer natural resources and emitting less carbon? The disagreement was not about climate science....0 Comments 0 Shares 2K Views 0 Reviews
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What is renewable energy economics?What Is Renewable Energy Economics? There is a moment, usually just before dawn, when a wind farm becomes less an industrial artifact and more a geography. The turbines stop resembling machines. They stand like white reeds in a marine current no one can see. I remember driving through west Texas years ago, passing a cattle ranch whose owner once leased land for oil pumps and now leased it for...0 Comments 0 Shares 5K Views 0 Reviews
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Why are fossil fuels still used?Why Are Fossil Fuels Still Used? The refinery at dusk resembles a cathedral designed by insomnia. Towers lit from within. Pipes curving like brass instruments. Flame stacks coughing fire into a violet sky. Years ago, driving through the industrial corridor outside Houston, I pulled over near a chain-link fence and watched the machinery breathe. Not metaphorically—breathe. A synchronized...0 Comments 0 Shares 3K Views 0 Reviews