Maggie speaking Monday afternoon at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Why does electric infrastructure affect our ability to make energy more sustainable? How is the electric grid like a lazy river at the water park? And why should you never, ever go fishing with a...
View ArticleLive discussion tomorrow: Electricity, infrastructure, and our energy future
Join me tomorrow at 11:00 am Eastern for a live chat with editors from Treehugger.com. They'll be talking with me about my new book, Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It...
View ArticleReminder: Maggie live chat about the future of energy at 11:00 Eastern
I'll be chatting live with the editors of Treehugger.com, starting at 11:00 Eastern. The chat will be embedded at Treehugger. There will be opportunities for viewers to participate in the conversation!
View ArticleThe battery beneath your feet
How many batteries have you used today? Energy storage devices have become an integral part of our lives, but they still aren't really a part of our electric grid. There are some good reasons for...
View ArticleThe war at home: Energy crisis and risk in America
Here are two myths you need to let go of: The solution to high gas prices is more oil. Climate change is something that happens to polar bears and people from Kiribati. The truth is that fossil fuels...
View ArticleWin a signed copy of Maggie's new book
Would you like a signed copy of Before the Lights Go Out, my new book about the future of energy? The book comes out on April 10th and pre-orders have already started shipping. Between now and the end...
View ArticleRolling on the river: The future of local energy
Today, most of the electricity in the United States is generated in very large facilities—capable of serving millions of homes—far away from the people who will actually use that electricity. We do it...
View ArticleMaggie in Boston next week
I've got two speaking gigs in Boston coming up. Both are free and open to the public, but you'll need to RSVP. On April 2nd at 7:00 pm, I'll be speaking to the Boston Skeptics in the Pub about energy....
View ArticleClimate change isn't liberal or conservative: It's reality
Paul Douglas is a Minneapolis/St.Paul meteorologist. Meteorologists don't study the same things as climate scientists—remember, weather and climate are different things—but Douglas is a meteorologist...
View ArticleBook launch party in Minneapolis, April 19th
Minneapolites and St.Paulians: Join me April 19th for a launch party celebrating my book Before the Lights Go Out. It'll be at The Bakken Museum—an excellently geeky temple to the history and inner...
View ArticleThe real cost of carbon
Two years ago, if you'd asked me what I thought about something like cap and trade, or a carbon tax, I would have said that they were interesting ideas, but probably not worth the trouble of fighting...
View ArticleWhat's wrong with corn ethanol?
We grow a lot of corn in the United States, much of which never sees the inside of a human stomach. In fact, in 2010, something like a quarter of all the corn grown in this country went to ethanol...
View ArticleWin a signed copy of Before the Lights Go Out
Neatorama is offering two signed copies of my new book, Before the Lights Go Out, as part of a contest drawing. To enter: Go read the interview Neatorama did with me about energy, infrastructure, and...
View ArticleMaggie on Skeptically Speaking — Live on Saturday night
Join me Saturday at 7:00 Mountain time for a special edition of the Skeptically Speaking podcast. I'll be talking with host Desiree Schell about my new book Before the Lights Go Out. Tune into the live...
View ArticleWhat is a smart grid and why should you care?
If you only have the vaguest notion of what a "smart grid" actually is, don't feel bad. This is one of those energy buzzwords that confuses a lot of people. Part of the problem is that utility...
View ArticleMaggie speaking at three events in Minneapolis next week
I'll be talking about electricity, infrastructure, and the future of energy at three different events next week in the Twin Cities. On Tuesday, join me at Minnesota Public Radio headquarters in St....
View ArticleLocal, small-scale energy doesn't mean "every man for himself"
Today, most of our electricity is made by facilities that can power millions of homes at a time, and which are located a long way away from the people who use that power. For instance, the Kansas is...
View ArticleTalk on the future of energy in Madison, Wisconsin
I'll be in Madison, Wisconsin on April 25th, talking about the history of electricity, our current electric infrastructure, and the future of energy. Come check it out!
View ArticleThe dirtiest wind power in America
In the left-hand corner of this photo, towards the back of the shot, you can see what researchers at Colorado State University jokingly call "the dirtiest wind power in America." In reality, it's a...
View ArticleMaggie in the Bay Area, May 2 and 3
I've got four events in the Bay Area on May 2nd and 3rd. On May 2 at noon, I'll be speaking to the San Francisco chapter of the AIA about electricity, infrastructure and the future of energy. May 2 at...
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