Lignite Smoke and Photovoltaic Mirrors
In a recent post from The Green Economy Post, an article titled, " Green Energy’s Big Challenge: The Daunting Task of Scaling Up " places the penetration progress of our various resources into proper perspective. With impressive increases in acceptance of renewable energy, (see " $6-billion solar industry logs another record year ") society is nowhere near snapping the umbilical connection to fossil fuels. One of the more prominent notions is that the United States is trailing Europe in renewable project implementation. Make no mistake, this form of international "in-your-face" is necessary for innovation here in the states. However, the article goes on further to stifle the belief that countries like Germany are faring better. "Despite more than 21,000 wind turbines and 13 million square meters of solar installations, Germany still gets more than 50 percent of its electricity from burning fossil fuels, including lignite, the most polluting form...