ecopolitology » resources for the future http://ecopolitology.org The Politics of Energy and the Environment Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:25:03 +0000 en hourly 1 Distributed Generation on Today’s Power Grid…Discuss http://ecopolitology.org/2008/06/23/distributed-generation-on-todays-power-griddiscuss/ http://ecopolitology.org/2008/06/23/distributed-generation-on-todays-power-griddiscuss/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:18:27 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://ecopolitology.org/?p=198 power grid, electricity, distributed generation

[Cross-posted at Red, Green, and Blue] Today begins a week-long panel event I am participating in sponsored by grist.org and UN Dispatch. One new environmentally-themed idea will be covered each day with the panelists weighing-in with their thoughts to kick things off. Readers are then invited to engage and discuss the topic, with the goal being to help shape the environmental agenda of the incoming president. I strongly encourage and invite your participation in this important event.

From grist.org's Gristmill Blog and UN Dispatch:

"This week marks the twentieth anniversary of NASA Scientist James Hansen's groundbreaking Congressional testimony on global warming, an event that put climate change squarely on the political agenda. In honor of the anniversary, UN Dispatch, On Day One, and Grist are partnering to discuss ideas the next president can adopt to take on climate change. We are joined by a panel of experts who will weigh in on ideas submitted to On Day One by everyday users concerned about the climate crisis.

Our first idea comes from On Day One user wise old owl, who suggests we decentralize energy production.

Decentralized energy production through use of renewables (roof-top solar as well as solar farms, together with geothermal, tidal, and wind) can be transferred across our national grid to areas where it is needed from areas with higher productivity and/or lower need, which would change on a dynamic basis. This would eliminate centralized generating facilities as "targets" for terrorists, and eliminate the "control mentality" of large, centralized for-profit utilities.

Grist writers Kate Sheppard and David Roberts; President of Climate Advisers Nigel Purvis; and Timothy B. Hurst of Red, Green and Blue and EcoPolitology, each respond here.

More posts about setting the environmental agenda:

"Want to Help Set the Agenda for the Next President?"
"Help Set the Environmental Agenda for the 44th President"

Photo: dougww via flickr under a Creative Commons License

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]]> http://ecopolitology.org/2008/06/23/distributed-generation-on-todays-power-griddiscuss/feed/ 0 Help Set the Ecopolitical Agenda for the 44th President http://ecopolitology.org/2008/06/13/help-set-the-ecopolitical-agenda-for-the-44th-president/ http://ecopolitology.org/2008/06/13/help-set-the-ecopolitical-agenda-for-the-44th-president/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:55:05 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://ecopolitology.org/?p=190 I'm humbled to bring you this exciting news from On Day One:

"How can the next President solve our climate change crisis and reduce our dependence on foreign oil? This is the topic of an upcoming five-day online debate co-sponsored by On Day One, Grist.org’s Gristmill, and UN Dispatch.

Over the next week, we'll be collecting YOUR ideas on dealing with energy and climate issues. Should we be taxing carbon or capping and trading it? What should we do about alternative energy--is ethanol or other biofuel the answer? What about local and sustainable agriculture? You tell us!

We’ll pick five of the most innovative, provocative, or just plain common sense ideas submitted and hand them over to our panel of experts for review.

Starting June 23rd, each of our experts—including Dave Roberts and Kate Sheppard from Grist, Nigel Purvis from the Brookings Institution and Resources for the Future, and Tim Hurst from Red, Green and Blue will debate and discuss one idea a day throughout the week.

The discussion starts in less than two weeks, so submit your ideas on energy and climate. Don’t feel like submitting an idea? Then vote on one and discuss the ideas already on the site."

Related Posts:

"Want to Help Set the Agenda for the Next President" :: Red, Green, and Blue

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