"On July 6, 2009, Asmus wrote an opinion-based article for the Sacramento Bee
Read more about Peter Asmus and his work at: You'd Think Water Would be a Basic Right
(This is a cross-post from the UC Press weblog.)
"On July 6, 2009, Asmus wrote an opinion-based article for the Sacramento Bee
Read more about Peter Asmus and his work at: You'd Think Water Would be a Basic Right
(This is a cross-post from the UC Press weblog.)
Peter Asmus, author of Introduction to Energy in California responds to Obama's "proposal to trim R&D funding for the emerging sector of 'marine renewables'...The ocean is a huge global resource that will ultimately have to be tapped to meet the energy needs of the world’s growing populations – without contributing to global climate change. If the U.S. wants to be part of the solution, and help economic development in regions decimated by the collapse of native fishing stocks, then strategic investments need to be made today."
Read the entire post.
(This is a cross-post from the UC Press weblog)
Don't miss Peter Asmus at the Point Reyes National Seashore Bookstore talking about his book: Introduction to Energy in California. He'll be speaking at 12:30 p.m.
Peter Asmus, President of Pathfinder Communications, is a journalist, consultant, and author of Reaping the Wind: How Mechanical Wizards and Profiteers Helped Shape Our Energy Future, among other books.
For a preview, read the excerpt.
It's a beautiful morning at the Farallones, where scientists are watching 300,000 nesting seabirds. We recommend the web cam at the California Acadamy of Scientists. We hope that future iterations of the cam will include a sharper image and a live chat so scientists can tell us more about what they are studying.
The Commonwealth Club will be hosting a provocative discussion between the CEO of Chevron and the Executive Direct of The Sierra Club tonight. In Chevron + Sierra Club Drilling for Common Ground, Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal will moderate a conversation between Dave O'Reilly of Chevron and Carl Pope of The Sierra Club.Their discussion will focus on how we might make a transition to renewable fuels—and who should bear the costs.
The lecture takes place at 6:30 p.m. at Hotel Nikko. Tickets are $15 for members and $30 non-members. The program is also being videotaped and recorded.
This event coincides with the release of Peter Asmus's Introduction to Energy in California, a useful guide to the energy challenges that California faces. Those interested in the subject have good reason to keep an eye on energy in California. Asmus writes, "In each major renewable energy category—solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass—California quickly jumped into the category of global pioneer. It was not always pretty, as anyone who drives to the wind farms near Palm Springs on Hwy. 10 can attest to. However, it was remarkable that a single state—albeit a giant one with a plethora of renewable energy in the northern, southern, eastern, and western parts of the state—could spawn an entire industry in less than a decade."
Illustration from Introduction to Energy in California shows the 240 MW Coso geothermal complex, located near the China Lake Weapons Reserve, just south of Owens Valley on Highway 395.
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