Barry Stevens

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• Greenhouse Gas Levels Are Higher Than The Past 800,000 Years

  Published 01 June 2017 | viewed 11,039 times

  In the most comprehensive collection of greenhouse gas measurements to date, a new report confirms that the most important greenhouse gases are rising drastically. The report…

• Why Is The U.S. So Far Behind In The Renewable Revolution?

  Published 31 May 2017 | viewed 12,686 times

  America’s prowess in renewable energy capacity is unquestioned. According to the Renewable Energy Policy Network, by the end of 2015, the seven countries with the…

• Are Dakota Access And Keystone XL Really That ‘Dangerous’?

  Published 01 February 2017 | viewed 12,070 times

  “show me a pipe and I will show you a leak” …. Common Sense It’s no secret that the Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access…

• Is America’s Vision for Renewal Energy a Mirage?

  Published 28 May 2016 | viewed 10,110 times

  We’ve seen it before. Tough talk in the early ‘70s for an energy independent America as OPEC’s oil embargo quadrupled the price of petroleum from…

• Is The U.S. Really A Leader In Clean Energy?

  Published 30 March 2016 | viewed 6,265 times

  Without exception, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) is all about Atomic Energy Defense (AED). Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), on the other hand,…

• Why Are Voters In Denton Texas Afraid Of Fracking?

  Published 11 November 2014 | viewed 15,231 times

  Source: New York Daily News Election Day 2014, voters in the City of Denton, Texas, a city within the Barnett Shale gas field with a…

• Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Dead On Arrival?

  Published 16 April 2014 | viewed 36,099 times

  The national vision by politicians, economists, industrialists and environmentalists to transition to hydrogen economy by 2030 seems deadlocked, with hydrogen fuel cells projected to represent…

• Is China an Environmental Steward, Demon or Magician?

  Published 11 December 2013 | viewed 17,725 times

  China’s growing role as the world’s largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is undisputed. China is the epicenter of building out environmental markets as it…

• A Look at Unconventional Oil and Gas Regulations

  Published 03 September 2013 | viewed 11,524 times

  This piece provides a basic insight into the way climate change in conjunction with environmental and public health concerns have triggered a regulatory response by…

• Driving Factors Behind Improvements in Water and Energy Production

  Published 10 June 2013 | viewed 8,188 times

  When I started this article, the answer seemed clear. Shockwaves resounded as I drilled down on this rather complex subject. Judgment is tempered on the…

• Another EV Bites the Dust

  Published 04 May 2013 | viewed 7,836 times

  Why is Fisker Automotive’s Karma both a Failed EV and a Negative Fate?Called the “Solyndra of Electric car companies” by Bill Vlasic of the New…

• A Follow up on the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Breakthrough

  Published 24 April 2013 | viewed 24,179 times

  As a matter of clarification, the technology under discussion generates hydrogen from water. It is not a fuel cell. For this reason, the title “Hydrogen…

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Breakthrough?

  Published 08 April 2013 | viewed 20,619 times

  Monday, April 9, 2013, I will be attending a private demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell using catalytic carbon for producing hydrogen-for-fuel. This is the…

• Was Senator Matsunaga Right About Hydrogen After All?

  Published 05 April 2013 | viewed 26,755 times

  For those unaware, former U.S. Senator from Hawaii and visionary Spark Masayuki Matsunaga spent 28 years in Congress and passed away on April 15, 1990.…

• The Time has Arrived for China to Take Responsibility for the Environment

  Published 21 March 2013 | viewed 12,167 times

  This is another fine mess China got herself into.  On March 16, 2013, Huffington Post reported in “Dead Pig Count In China’s Waters Near Shanghai…

• Have Natural Gas Vehicle’s Finally Reached the Point of No Return?

  Published 11 March 2013 | viewed 10,311 times

  We tried or at least discussed this many times before. That is, an exodus from gasoline and diesel fuel. We have yet to find the…

• To Avoid Volatile Gasoline Prices, Why not use More Natural Gas?

  Published 27 February 2013 | viewed 6,954 times

  This story is old. Unless you’re one of the walking dead, then it’s no surprise that gasoline prices are back on the rise. Seems like…

• Can Perception Sell Renewable Energy?

  Published 18 February 2013 | viewed 7,295 times

  Everyone in the sales side of renewable energy is confronted with a litany of financial measures and the same questions- “What is the IRR?” “How…

• Should we be Concerned about EV Batteries?

  Published 21 January 2013 | viewed 14,577 times

  With all the problems with Boeing’s Dreamliner 787 lithium-ion batteries, it’s fair to question the performance and safety of EVs Li-ion batteries.  For the uninformed,…

• Do EVs Make Good Cents or Sense?

  Published 03 January 2013 | viewed 51,603 times

  David Herron of Torque News stated in his article “60 kWh Tesla Model S rated at 208 mile electric driving range by EPA:”“The 85 kilowatt-hour…