Articles about energy

Aquifers: The Harsh Reality of Their Importance

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Tony Simeone

Let me thank George Denhard for forwarding this article to me. We dug wells together in West Africa and share similar concerns today for environmental issues. Water is always at the top of our list. People like digestible pieces of … Continue reading →

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The Water-Energy Nexus / 1.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Tony Simeone

I guess I should just say what we already know: water is critical to all life functions. It’s not that water is ever more or less critical to life but its availability and predictability is changing. And, those changes will … Continue reading →

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The Muddled Distinction between Environment and Profit

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Tony Simeone

Just as beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so too, is value. Each of us understands our dependency on nature as the supplier of the proper environmental conditions to enable the availability of all of the raw materials … Continue reading →

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