On Thursday, May 17, The Common Good hosted the Hulk of Clean Energy, Mark Ruffalo, for an open talk on clean energy, fossil fuels, and Mark’s organization: the Water Defense Fund. http://www.waterdefense.org
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Some people say transitioning to clean energy will simply cost too much – “leave it to future generations.” In Edinburgh, Scotland, Richard Alley explains that if we start soon the cost of the transformation could be similar to that which was paid for something none of us would want to do without – clean water and the modern sanitation system.

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Mark Matthews, V.P. of Sales and Marketing with WindTamer Turbines discusses; combining Wind with Solar power, how the WindTamer surpasses the “Betz Limit” and off-grid applications. Mr. Matthews holds a B.S. in Engineering Management and Chemical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology

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3/4/10: Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) tells the Wonk Room that the U.S. Senate needs to get over their fear and cast a vote for clean energy job creation.

Transcript: I’m always kinda reluctant to say why other people do things. I will just say this. Two things that we need the Senate, for Senators to stand up and realize.

Number one: the American people get this, and they want strong action on clean energy. I’ve talked to some of my fellow politicians who seem to say Americans don’t want to act.

That’s just not right!

If you go out and talk to Americans, and look at the polling results — at Frank Lutz [sic], Frank Lutz is a Republican pollster, he went out and polled on this — guess what, the Republicans found out in their poll that something like by two-to-one margins Americans want action on clean energy. And the reason they want action on clean energy is they understand like I do that this is the greatest job-creation-potential engine that is available to us right now.

And whatever you think of global climate change, you know and Americans know that this is the way we’re going to create millions of new jobs in this country. That’s what the Apollo Alliance is all about. is pushing this idea.

And Americans get this in their gut, and they’re willing to make the investments in the short term to get benefits in the long term and even the short term for job creation. That’s number one.

Number two: I would counsel people who don’t want to move on this to just get over their fear. Because frankly it’s fear that’s holding back. It’s people who are afraid that Americans aren’t smart enough to invent new technologies to deal with that. That we’re not bold enough like we used to be when we went to the moon with the original Apollo project.

You’ve gotta get over that fear. We’re just as smart as when we went to the moon. Our kids are smarter than we are. They’re just as energetic. We have an entrepreneurial engine of creation of new businesses in this country, that includes China, if we’ll just unleash it.

So what I would say: Put away your fear, get a little dose of confidence, cast a vote that has trust in America’s entrepreneurial spirit, and we will beat this beast and America will grow economically. And I really believe this. So I hope the Senate gets the message.

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Dr. D. Yogi Goswami is the John and Naida Ramil Professor at University of South Florida. He and his team at the College of Engineering are building a solar power plant at the Tampa campus of USF; their aim is to find a way to make solar energy available 24 hours a day at affordable prices.

The on campus solar power plant is funded with a grant from the State of Florida through the Florida Energy Systems Consortium. Included in this project is a thermal storage system being developed with $ 3.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Winner of more than 50 international awards and certificates, Dr. Goswami is the co-director of USF’s Clean Energy Research Center. He has 14 patents with 6 more pending. He has written 16 books and published more than 200 scientific articles. Dr. Goswami also serves as Editor in Chief of the Solar Energy Journal.

Dr. Goswami’s research interests include Novel Thermodynamic Cycle for Combined Power and Cooling Antenna Solar Energy to Electricity Conversion Hybrid Solar Liquid and Solid Desiccant Air Conditioning Solar Photocatalytic Disinfection of Indoor Air Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Biomass Hydrogen Production PEM Fuel Cells.

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