David Goldstein's Blog
About
- Bio:
David B. Goldstein has worked on energy efficiency and energy policy since the 1970s.
Dr. Goldstein has been instrumental in the development of energy efficiency standards for new buildings and appliances currently in effect at the regional and national level in the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, and China.
David B. Goldstein received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the recipient of its Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002 and the California Alumni Association’s 2003 Award for Excellence in Achievement.
- Roots in:
- Cleveland Ohio till 1969; Berkeley CA through 1977, San Francisco since then
- Favorite place:
- Lots of them: wilderness areas with mountains and canyons, such as Yosemite, Cappadocia in Turkey, Guilin in China, Mount Tamalpais within walking distance (Ok an all day walk) from my house, as well as other smaller canyons.
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- Because it serves so many basic human needs and desires: promoting prosperity and higher quality of life and also satisfying spiritual needs for appreciation of nature. I find it satisfying to look out my window in the center of the fourth largest city in North America and see a mountain 45 miles away and all the weather in between.
Recent Blog Posts
- End of the Line for Kodachrome and What That Means for Climate Protection (July 13, 2009)
- Invisible Energy: Raising the Profile of Energy Efficiency (April 10, 2009)
- Invisible Energy: Government Oversight Makes Markets Work (March 30, 2009)
- Invisible Energy: How Can We Get Political and Opinion Leaders to Recognize the Key Role of Energy Efficiency (February 10, 2009)
- Invisible Energy: Recovering from the Recession (January 27, 2009)
- Invisible Energy: Economic Recovery Depends on Recognizing the Root Causes of the Problem (January 26, 2009)
- How Did We Get Into This Mess? (December 19, 2008)
- A Breathtaking Failure of the Market (September 25, 2008)
- Preventing “Mortgage Default Crisis: The Sequel” (September 12, 2008)
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (September 11, 2008)
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