You can’t touch it, but you can feel it. It can’t be seen, but it’s bought and sold everyday. It’s energy, and it’s one of the most critical issues facing both Awakening Consumers and the global population in general. In this issue of g-Think, we explore what energy really means, and how it will shape our future.

 

In 2020, what will be the primary source of energy for the US?


Oil / Natural Gas
Solar / Wind
Nuclear
Other
  • Energy is God God. The vital force that has inspired and haunted even the most intellectual of our race—thinkers, philosophers, artists, politicians and the homeless. A force that is almost impossible to define,… [more]
  • Video: Energy Is… What is energy? g-Think grabbed a Flip camera and hit the streets; asking leaders in various energy fields to explain what energy really means, and what it will mean in the future. [more]
  • Visualized: Energy by the Numbers It is sometimes difficult to visualize different units of energy. Izzie Zahorian beautifully transforms energy statistics into bite-sized pieces to create a picture of what energy really means. [more]
  • Copenhagen Calling No matter who you are, you will be affected by the outcome of the COP15 conference. Yet despite the disastrous consequences if we fail to address climate change in December, Hugh still feels hopeful… [more]
  • Agents of Change Being an agent of change isn’t always easy. Lyle Estill describes what it’s like stabbing a heated spike into the “gelatinous cyclopic eye of the status quo.” [more]
  • Power to the People In the background of the climate bill debate rages the question of clean coal and our growing electricity consumption. Can clean coal save us? Does it even exist? And how can an Awakening Consumer.. [more]
  • Hot, Flat and Crowded: Thoughts on Friedman’s… The good, the bad and the green in Thomas Friedman’s latest book, Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why America Needs a Green Revolution. [more]
  • Keep Smiling Imagine a world void of caffeine and nicotine, a world where people are energized—dare we say—naturally. How contagious is human energy, and how should the human battery be charged? [more]
  • The Radioactive Elephant in the Room In addition to the renewables we know and love, there is another carbon-free energy source. It's nuclear. But can America get over nuclear’s dirty past? Or will this glowing green technology be… [more]
  • Peak Oil and The Suburbs Will peak oil be the death knell of the suburbs? One community considers what steps it may need to take to survive. [more]
  • All in the Name of Energy Milton Kapelus waxes poetic as he contemplates how future generations will think back on our quest for energy. [more]
  • Energy Soufflé Here’s an old American recipe, passed down from one generation to another. Open wide and take a big bite. (But we assume no responsibility for any indigestion that may ensue.) [more]
  • Winds of Change: Australia’s move to Renewable… As Australia works to lower its carbon footprint, Brian Jones explains why wind could be the perfect answer to the low-carbon equation. [more]