With gas prices at their highest level during his presidency, last month President Obama announced an increase in domestic production of oil. Namely the battered Gulf of Mexico and Alaskan oil fields have been targeted for the increases. Ostensibly this policy decision comes on the heels of $4 per gallon gas and his constituency calling, [...]
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$4 Gas May Not Be Popular, but Is It Wise?
June 5th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Polls, President Obama 
Tags: Energy, Oil Consumption, Public Transit 
No Comments »Five Friday Facts: China’s Great Green Leap Forward
June 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson As of 2007 China generated 8 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually (which amounts to 6 tons/person). In addition, there were 21 cars per every 1,000 people. As a point of comparison for the previous fact, the United States produced 7 gigatons annually in 2007, with 451 cars per every 1,000 people. Canada generated 24 metric [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Coal, Electricity Generation, Hydroelectricity, Wind Power No Comments »1800 Larimer: A LEED Platinum High Rise in Denver
June 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Last summer the building at 1800 Larimer Street in downtown Denver opened for business. Now home to Xcel Energy’s offices, the structure achieved LEED Platinum certification from the USGBC. Many unique features helped the structure attain this designation. Underfloor air distribution (click here for an example) that uses natural convection can result in a 50% energy [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Smart Grid, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Denver, Energy Conservation, LEED, Water Conservation 1 Comment »June Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
May 31st, 2011 Eric Wilson One sign that sustainability measures and clean energy ventures have become mainstream can be seen in events hosted in atypical places like the Cleantech 2011 Workshop & Action Summit this month in Grand Forks, North Dakota. As per usual, there are numerous events in Washington DC and New York (as well as London and other [...]
Levees and Long Term Planning
May 29th, 2011 Eric Wilson One of the most important components of sustainable development is the ability to plan for the long term. This goes hand and hand with living within nature’s limits. The root idea behind sustainability is the notion of maintaining a process indefinitely. However, with quarterly earnings driving much of the progress today, long term thinking and [...]
Costco Offers Solar Powered Attic Fan 1010TR
May 25th, 2011 Eric Wilson UPDATE: The fan is on sale for $279.99 for the month of June. After seeing the photovoltaic systems advertised on Costco’s regular email and Costco.com (and highlighted in a yesterday‘s post), I also thought about the solar powered attic fan that has been on Costco’s website for some time. Selling for $329.99, the The Solar [...]
Grape Solar Offers 4 Photovoltaic Systems Through Costco
May 24th, 2011 Eric Wilson A recent email from Costco containing weekly specials advertised four different photovoltaic systems from Grape Solar. As advertised, the systems (ranging from 880 watts to 5060) come complete with mounting brackets and inverters. For example, the smallest system (880 watts) includes: 4 Grape Solar CS-220-DJ 220W Poly-Si Panels 4 Enphase M190 Microinverters: CSA listed per [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products, Renewable Energy Tags: Photovoltaic, Rebates, Solar Energy No Comments »The Hidden Benefits of “Alternative Transportation”
May 22nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Siting in the car is perhaps the least productive time of my day. My wife and I “only” drove a combined 6,000 miles in the past year, but the time behind the wheel served a singular purpose, to get to some other location. In the past year (since we bought our car), I’ve walked to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Bus, Cars, Denver, Food, Google, iPod/iPhone App, Public Transit 1 Comment »
