Commentary by Mike Snead, President, Spacefaring Institute™
Mike Snead’s evaluation of America’s path to transitioning to practicable green energy. Continue Reading126 – Evaluating America’s green energy options including astroelectricity
The eBook, “Astroelectricity”, discussing America’s exciting future in developing space solar power-generated astroelectricity, is now available for a free download from ResearchGate. Continue Reading123 – Ebook Astroelectricity now available for free download
If a government pledges and, especially, if it imposes laws mandating decarbonization, then it is reasonable to expect that the practical means to achieve decarbonization has been quantitatively defined. In short, a well-developed decarbonization plan must exist somewhere, right? What if such a plan doesn’t exist? Continue Reading121 – An assessment of EU decarbonization options including astroelectricity
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, while dismissing a federal climate change lawsuit on constitutional grounds, found merit in the plaintiffs’ assertions. This ruling further signals that the era of fossil carbon fuels is coming to an end in America. The need for astroelectricity is now clear unless you want something like the disastrous Green New Deal. Continue Reading116 – A legal "warning shot across the bow" regarding our continued fossil carbon fuel use
Five charts explain the past relationship between U.S. fossil fuel energy insecurity and America’s prosperity. This helps in understanding what America now needs to do to secure its future freedom and prosperity. Continue Reading114 – How America’s energy security relates to our prosperity
The “green new deal” environmental/energy proposals lack realism. A National Astroelectricity Program is needed to replace America’s fossil fuel use with space-based sustainable energy. This posting explains why and what this program would achieve. Continue Reading110 – Why a National Astroelectricity Program is needed to end America’s fossil fuel use
109 – Why expanding nuclear power is not a wise choice. Nuclear fission energy is being advocated to use to replace fossil fuels. Is this the wise choice? The white paper, “Why expanding nuclear power is not a wise choice”, addresses this key question. Continue Reading109 – Why expanding nuclear power is not a wise choice
Post 104 addresses the engineering profession’s ethical obligation to inform American voters about quickly transitioning from fossil fuels to sustainable energy. Continue Reading104 — What American engineers need to know about quickly transitioning to green energy
A constitutional climate lawsuit against President Trump could trigger America undertaking GEO space solar power. Continue Reading100 – 2019: Moving America towards becoming a true human spacefaring nation (Part 3) – Updated
America will begin a spacefaring industrial revolution transforming America into a true human spacefaring nation AND will use the new astroelectricity to rebuild America for the 22nd century. Continue ReadingAstroelectricity eBook published
The Vatican held a second conference on energy, Energy Transition and Care for our Common Home, on June 9, 2018. Invited attendees were executives of the “main companies in the Continue Reading85 – Quotes from Pope Francis’ June 9, 2018 speech on energy with some comments
As is appropriate for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis recently held the conference “Energy Transition and Care for our Common Home”. The Vatican News stated that the conference was “dedicated Continue Reading83 – Pope Francis’ energy message: We need an orderly transition to sustainable energy
My article, Making President Trump the Champion of GEO Space Solar Power, was published in the Volume 6, No. 1 (Fall, 2017) edition of the online Journal of Space Philosophy. Continue Reading78 – JSP article: Making President Trump the Champion of GEO Space Solar Power
On December 12, 2016, this article was published in The Space Review. (A PDF of the article is here.) Author’s note: This article mostly recapped comments that I made in Continue Reading69 – Space Review article: A Trump Administration path to advance commercial space solar power
America faces two critical challenges this century. The first is responding to the uncertainty that the abnormally high and rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level will have detrimental environmental consequences Continue Reading68 – Understanding Why Wind and Ground Solar Energy Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels
America faces two critical challenges this century. The first is responding to the uncertainty that the abnormally high and rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level will have detrimental environmental Continue Reading67 – Understanding Why Nuclear Power Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels now provide about 80 percent of the energy Americans use. While everyone understands that these are non-renewable energy sources, Americans act as if they were. The reality Continue Reading66 – Understanding America’s Energy Security Challenge
Through the Spacefaring Institute™, a series of five videos on the Spacefaring Institute YouTube® channel are being posted focusing on energy and environmental security explaining why the United States should undertake Continue Reading65 – Understanding the CO2 Issue
On May 31, 2016, this article was published in The Space Review. (A PDF of the article is here.) UPDATE: Links have been restored. Author’s note: I suggest readers Continue Reading64 – Space Review article: Petitioning the US to take the lead in space solar power – UPDATE 2
Dr. David Livingston hosts the The Space Show live on the Internet several times a week. He has been doing this for quite a while and has conducted several Continue Reading62 – Mike Snead discussed space solar power on The Space Show