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Per Capita Davis: Innovating for the future

by John Mott-Smith August 22, 2020

I’ve been searching high and low for innovations that could help power a more energy-efficient and sustainable future. There’s a lot out there, some very much closer to being a concept than an actual product or process. Still, the sheer number of ideas being pursued…

Energy, Inspiration

Per Capita Davis: More pieces of the puzzle

by John Mott-Smith February 25, 2020

I’m continuing to clean out my inbox and I don’t mean that to diminish what I conceive to be the value of this and other similar columns that don’t address a single idea, theme or thread. The items below are pieces of the puzzle of…

Advocacy, Energy, Inspiration

Per Capita Davis: New report on world energy outlook

by John Mott-Smith December 5, 2019

There are several highly reputable organizations tracking the science of the climate crisis and issuing regular reports. Probably the best known of these is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the United Nations. Another, right up there at the top in terms of reputation…

Energy, Solar, Transportation

Per Capita Davis: Power companies may be motivated by the ‘X’ factor

by John Mott-Smith July 27, 2018

Long before there was an X Prize there was an Orteig Prize. According to Wikipedia, way back in 1919, a French hotel owner offered a prize of $25,000 for the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic from New York to Paris. Charles Lindberg…

Inspiration

Per Capita Davis: Seven big reasons for hope

by John Mott-Smith January 17, 2018

I love getting knocked out of my bubble, where it sometimes seems to constantly rain bad news about the climate crisis that crowds out anything positive. There was a recent article in The Guardian, a news organization dedicated to “independent investigative journalism,” that brightened my…

Cool Solutions, Inspiration