Video: Can Bio Energy (bioethanol, biodiesel) Scale? Are Biofuels Sustainable?

November 23, 2010

Biofuels like bioethanol and biodiesel, and biomass like wood pellets, have been supported by governments around the world as a form of ‘renewable’ energy and as a way to achieve ‘energy independence’ by substituting bio energy for coal or oil. But is bio energy clean? And can it scale? Is bio energy sustainable? Can it be financially viable? Watch “Solar Trillions” author Tony Seba talk about biofuels and biodiesel, starting with the fact that green plants are solar plants.

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Can the Poor Afford Solar?

November 20, 2010

Seventy Seventy percent of the Bangladeshi population has no access to electricity. Grameen Shakti a spinoff of Grameen Bank has created a new business model that has spurred one of the fastest-growing adoption rates of home solar anywhere – amongst the poorest of the poor! Grameen Shakti proves that a profit-making, market-based enterprise with a social purpose can give millions of poor people access to electricity without a transmission grid. Solar makes Power to the People an affordable reality. Today.

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The Solar Water Heater Market Opportunity

November 19, 2010

Many companies look for high tech ways to enter the clean energy economy. Solar Water Heaters present a multi-billion dollar market opportunity today. In California a new law has opened up a $1 billion market opportunity: Solar Water Heaters. America is playing catch up in this market but companies like GE have entered the market. In Israel 90% of homes have Solar Water Heaters. A market penetration anywhere near Israel’s will create a market opportunity worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

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SunChips are now made with the Sun!

November 17, 2010

It is ironic that Frito-Lay’s SunChips, which are manufactured in Modesto, one of the sunniest places in America, lacked one key ingredient: the sun . Granted, FossilChips would not sound right. Nor would GasChips, even though the chip manufacturing process in these plants has traditionally relied on natural gas to heat the oil that fries [...]

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Video: Solar Energy Myths and Realities

October 20, 2010

Night-time solar energy? Solar cheaper than conventional fossil energy? This is not what you hear in the media – and definitely this is not your parents’ solar.

Solar Energy – Myths and Realities from Tony Seba on Vimeo.
This is a video clip from my keynote at the “Energy Impact Symposium” at Dickinson State University [...]

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Why Oil Will Be Obsolete by 2030

October 18, 2010

This summer I had the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at the “Energy Impact Symposium” at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. Here’s what I said about why disruptive technology trends will make oil obsolete by 2030.

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Oil Energy Independence – What is the Solar Electric Land Area?

July 6, 2010

Imagine that every car in America was an Electric Vehicle (EV) powered by a electric battery like the Tesla’s (Nasdaq: TSLA) Roadster. Imagine also that each and every car was powered with solar energy. Here’s a question: what amount of land would you need to generate the solar energy to power every electric vehicle [...]

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Tony Seba interview on the Green Numbers Radio Show (part 2)

June 16, 2010

I was interviewed by Robert Linton on the Green Numbers Radio Show. Here are some excerpts and links to the interview.
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Robert Linton –There’s a worldwide water crisis right now. Tony, could you tell us the real relationship between solar and water?
Tony Seba – Sure. Water, as you may [...]

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Tony Seba Interview on the Green Numbers Radio Show (Part 1)

June 12, 2010

I was interviewed by Robert Linton on the Green Numbers Radio Show. Here are some excerpts and links to the interview.
Radio interview, Part 1
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Excerpts:
Robert Linton – This is Robert Linton, your host for Green Numbers Radio Ask the Experts Show. Tony, for you new book Solar Trillions, what is the premise?
Tony [...]

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Who is the eBay of Electricity 2.0?

May 25, 2010

Imagine a world where you can buy electricity from your choice of vendor (not the utility) at prices that can be negotiated with the vendor. Kind of like shopping at eBay or Amazon. Want to buy a week’s worth (1,000 kWh) of power from SebaSolar at 9 ¢/kWh? Just click here. How about switching to [...]

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