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When it comes to writing I have wide interests. I hope that is not simply another way of declaring that I’m shallow and pretentious. The beauty about writing is that the writer can say whatever he or she (or xe, for the gender non-affixed) wants to about his or her (or xer) own work, but it is the reader that has the real say.

Other Writing

What is the State of States’ Efforts to Make Home Solar and BESS Easier and Cheaper?

Red Tape, Not Technology, Is the Biggest Threat These days the American solar industry finds itself in a paradox. The technology has never been better, cheaper, or more essential to…

By David GuenetteJanuary 27, 2026January 27, 2026Leave a comment
Other Writing

How Do I (Big Oil) Love Thee (Big Oil)? Let Me Count the Money, Despite the Costs

The fossil fuel industry’s war against the world   Sure, the fossil fuel industry is powerful, but this only means we should go after it as hard as we can.…

By David GuenetteDecember 28, 2025Leave a comment
Other Writing

Climate Fiction, Optimism, and Realism

“On the Urgency of Climate Change, Creating Hope in a Crisis, and the Limits of Western Storytelling: A Roundtable on Our Climate Futures with Libia Brenda, Vandana Singh, Gu Shi,…

By David GuenetteDecember 15, 2025Leave a comment
Other Writing

Let’s Go Big on the Clean Energy Transition

Why Bet on Big Oil When Fossil Fuels Are Clearly Not the Future? “The clean energy transition is projected to be a strategic necessity for long-term economic stability, characterized by…

By David GuenetteDecember 13, 2025December 16, 2025Leave a comment
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Putting the Bite of Law on Fossil Fuel Corruption

There’s no valid defense against the conclusion that fossil fuel energy systems expanding emissions of greenhouse gases is criminal… well, except the current law I say there’s need for as…

By David GuenetteNovember 24, 2025Leave a comment
News, Other Writing

OBBBA and PUHCA: Rigging and a Runaround

Big Oil’s been busy in all sorts of bad ways It is hard to exaggerate just how strenuously President Big Oil Stooge has been sucking at Big Oil’s greasy tit.…

By David GuenetteNovember 15, 2025November 15, 2025Leave a comment
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Why I Haven’t Installed Solar Power and Batteries

Hey, I know the acronyms: DER, VPP, REC, FEOC, SMART, FRCEC, PPA, ESHEP… I recently went through the process of reviewing options for a 12.32 kW Solar Electric System with…

By David GuenetteOctober 19, 2025Leave a comment
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Blues Skies by T.C. Boyle: Oh You Humans!

C. Boyle has entered the climate fiction arena before—A Friend of the Earth (2000) comes to mind—but I suspect that Boyle doesn’t see any of his work as primarily climate…

By David GuenetteOctober 15, 20251 Comment
Other Writing

Matt Martinez of The Berkshire Eagle Writes Me Up!

You’d usually find in the post category of “DRG’s Writings” non-The Steep Climes Quartet writing of mine, or climate fiction reviews, or some sort of pontificating,  but when the spotlight…

By David GuenetteMay 10, 2025Leave a comment
Other Writing

My Report About EROI, Written by AI

When you read widely about climate change and renewable energy you come across a bunch of articles about what’s wrong with very concept of the renewable energy transition. Often, such…

By David GuenetteApril 24, 2025April 25, 2025Leave a comment

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The Steep Climes Quartet
  • Climate Fiction, Climate Fantasy: What’s the right mix of hope and disappointment?
  • Let’s Talk About Climate Optimism and Hope That We Can Write About Doing Something About Climate Change
  • Fun with Apocalypse, Part 2
  • Writing The Steep Climes Quartet, Part 2: Economics in Climate Fiction
  • Climate Change and the Human Condition
  • Writing Villains on Both Sides in Climate Fiction
  • Why We Write: A look back at why the heck I’m writing a four-book climate fiction series
  • Climate Change in the Berkshires: Wednesday, September 24, 6:00 p.m., at David and Joyce Milne Public Library
  • The Complex Dynamics of Electricity Costs: Navigating Renewable Integration, Infrastructure Strain, and Policy Shifts
  • More Amazon Reviews for Dear Josephine

Other Writing
  • What is the State of States’ Efforts to Make Home Solar and BESS Easier and Cheaper?
  • How Do I (Big Oil) Love Thee (Big Oil)? Let Me Count the Money, Despite the Costs
  • Climate Fiction, Optimism, and Realism
  • Let’s Go Big on the Clean Energy Transition
  • Putting the Bite of Law on Fossil Fuel Corruption

Snips of Passing Interests
  • The Architecture of Obstruction
  • Is Climate Hope Fiction Hopeless?
  • AI is Giving Me Gas
  • American Oil Marches On
  • Extinctions are Interesting in Relation to Climate Change
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