Articles by Adam Browning
Adam Browning is the executive director of Vote Solar.
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Not investment advice
According to the DOE (see this excellent powerpoint [PDF] by the DOE Solar America program), U.S. electricity demand will grow by 386 terrawatt hours by 2015. According to the EPA, those new electrons won’t come from coal. And there’s no way nukes could come on-line fast enough, even if they got their way. Where are […]
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Q. Does daylight savings time save energy?
A. According to this UC Berkeley Energy Institute study [PDF], DST does not save energy. Usage goes up about 1 percent, mostly due to people calling other people to tell them to change their clocks. A better solution would be to just have permanent summer.
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Missouri overwhelmingly approves Prop. C
The votes are still being counted to determine if Missouri went red or blue. But what’s not in dispute is that the state clearly voted green. Proposition C, a ballot initiative to establish a renewable portfolio standard for the state, passed with a resounding 67 percent margin. A coalition of groups worked together to pass […]
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Sun, baby, sun
Earlier this week, I was at a solar meeting at the Arizona Biltmore, a schwank golf resort in Phoenix. During the meeting, McCain’s advance team poked their heads into the room. Apparently, the room we were using — the Casa Grande room of the convention hall — is the very same room where McCain is […]
