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Per Capita Davis: Big money and climate change

by John Mott-Smith September 30, 2019

The previous column was the second of three addressing money and the transition to a fossil free future and it featured the actions of several billionaires to identify and support game changing new technologies. Incredible as it may sound, there are also trillionaires in the world, and…

Energy, Transportation

Per Capita Davis: A few positive signposts

by John Mott-Smith April 10, 2018

Hopefully we haven’t leapfrogged from winter into summer, and we’ll get to enjoy spring weather for a while. Spring always brings with it a burst of life energy as dormant trees begin to leaf out, the hills and fields are covered with an intensely beautiful…

Inspiration, Solar, Transportation

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

Per Capita Davis: The Pace of Change

by John Mott-Smith February 11, 2014

(This column is cross-posted from the Davis Enterprise) The term “early adopter” doesn’t apply to me, not by a long shot. I am slow to pick up on new technology, and more than a little choosy when I do adopt a change, gadget or gizmo….

Climate Impacts, Energy

Per Capita Davis: Mother Nature and the Red Queen

by John Mott-Smith January 11, 2014

This article is crossposted from the Davis Enterprise. I’m offering a couple of thoughts for the new year. One involves Mother Nature, and the other Lewis Carroll’s Red Queen. First, Mother Nature. The world’s policymakers sat down in Warsaw in 2013 to talk about climate…

Climate Impacts