Author Archives: Jake Brewer
Civic Hackers for Haiti
The technical systems and information infrastructure that the entire network of relief requires, however, is also something that typically needs re-building and supporting in times of disaster, and “civic hackers” as are answering the call. Continue reading
Cash for Clunker Craziness
I’m pretty sure Cash for Clunkers will hurt us more than it will help the things its intended to help. The thing about government programs is that the people who enact them almost always have the best of intentions (I honestly believe that to be true), but when the rubber meets the road (no pun intended), government fails more often than not in understanding how their billions will affect the people and industries that have to make their programs work. Continue reading
The Earth (movie version) Will Blow Your Mind
“How can people be expected to care if they aren’t inspired? This is a movie designed to inspire.” That’s they way producer Alastair Fothergill described his highly anticipated new film “Earth” this week at the film’s early screening in DC. … Continue reading
GM Issues “URGENT call to action”
My father has been an employee of General Motors since he graduated from Evansville University in southern Indiana in 1974. A lot has happened since then in the energy industry, in the auto industry, and in my family. I wrote … Continue reading
Clean Energy Economy. Green Jobs. Now.
From Wall St. to the Clinton Global Initiative to the UN Summit, I’ve watched with all of you this week as unprecedented economic and political events unfold in the United States and around the world. Thankfully, in the midst of … Continue reading
Gore Calls for Climate Civil Disobedience at Clinton Global Initiative
(I first posted this on It’s Getting Hot in Here and Power Vote while at Clinton Global Initiative in New York. At today’s Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore said for the first time in public that we are at a … Continue reading
Clean Energy in the Blood
As many of you know… and as many of you don’t know… I recently took up work in the clean energy field as the Internet Director/Chief Technology Officer/Strategic Communications guy of the Energy Action Coalition. James Hansen has testified that … Continue reading
So Much Done. So Little Said…
I’ve been busy. (even as I write it, I wonder why it’s necessary to put it out there… we are strange creatures to need to say such things for validation! ) Since my last post here on July 28, I’ve … Continue reading
Cash for Clunkers: The Best Idea You’ve Never Heard Of
Just above Ben Stein’s column in yesterday’s Sunday Times (telling us that things really aren’t that bad in our nation’s economy …Bueller? Bueller? …anyone?) was a piece by Alan Blinder with the title “A Modest Proposal: Eco Friendly Stimulus” The … Continue reading