Questions/blog post ideas

• How are utility companies incentivized/disincentivized re energy use reductions?
• Pros/cons: nuclear power
• How much would oil have to cost for X alternative biofuel to make sense - esp waste products like polystyrene, coffee grounds, human fat etc
• How to create sustainable reasonably priced alternative to personal car ownership for disabled? Electric Uber with self driving much cheaper?
• What industries use diesel/wouldn't need retrofit to switch to biofuel?
• Consumption of diesel vs production of biofuel over time
• How exactly does the carbon cycle work and how can we manipulate it
• What is the carbon "exchange rate" of not driving cars vs. planting trees vs. etc.? Planting 8777 trees = taking 9.33 cars off the road = 111940 roads removed Lovins, 71
• What $ savings/investments can be made for various energy efficiency improvements?
• How does ethanol vs. oil-based fuel work?
• Original car inventors envisioned ethanol as the primary fuel for the vehicle. Why did we make the switch? - higher energy density in oil, but there is probably an interesting geopolitical/free markets story to tell here
• Blockadia phrased as a war, with death/injury counts of protestors and police (and secondary/tertiary impacts from projects that go through)
• SequoiaView for utilities usage - ability to drill down to see who is using how much of what in a community/city/etc
• How to eat to minimize carbon footprint - partially resolved, see Berners-Lee and my post on it
• How power is lost in the grid system and ideas to combat this
• Create accurate public perception surrounding the social and planetary costs of nuclear energy. Waste disposal and other issues are not all worked out, ethically – but where do these impacts stand in relation to coal and oil in terms of human and environmental degradation per watt?

[aggarwal]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040619013001917 "Aggarwal, Sonia and Harvey, Hal. 'Rethinking Energy Policy to Deliver a Clean Energy Future.' Energy Innovation, 2013."

[trabish-dynamic]: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/beyond-tou-is-more-dynamic-pricing-the-future-of-rate-design/447171/ "Trabish, Herman. 'Beyond ToU: Is more dynamic pricing the future of rate design?' Utility Dive, 2017."