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The Energy Futurist
Chris Nelder
Chris Nelder
Columnist, Energy
Chris Nelder is an energy analyst and consultant who has written about energy and investing for more than a decade. He is the author of two books on energy and investing, Profit from the Peak and Investing in Renewable Energy, and has appeared on BBC TV, Fox Business, CNN national radio, Australian Broadcasting Corp., CBS radio and France 24. He is based in California.
Chris Nelder
Chris may or may not have financial holdings in the companies he writes about at the time of publication, as he is an active investor and trader in equities and ETFs. He also occasionally travels at the expense of companies or their press relations agencies in order to report on a company or industry event related to it. Chris prominently discloses this information when appropriate. These relationships have no influence on his coverage. Companies he covers do not get to review columns in advance, or select or reject topics.
He writes for SmartPlanet, but is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 11-2011
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Why energy journalism is so bad
Energy futurist Chris Nelder tries to explain why most energy journalism is so bad, and gives readers a few tips on how to read it critically.
November 30, 2011, 5:53 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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Occupy, Tea Party, and the Politics of Less
Energy futurist Chris Nelder explores the common ground between the Occupy movement and the Tea Party: declining energy leading to declining economic surplus.
November 23, 2011, 5:42 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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Crowdsourcing the energy revolution
Energy futurist Chris Nelder suggests community “solar gardens” as a way for towns to transition to renewables in the absence of federal incentives, and shares a dream he had about how...
November 16, 2011, 5:25 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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Why America needs a feed-in tariff
Energy futurist Chris Nelder argues for a national feed-in tariff, and predicts that Asia will blow the doors off the U.S. solar PV market.
November 9, 2011, 6:00 AM PST | By Chris Nelder
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When should we pursue energy transition?
Energy futurist Chris Nelder does the math to determine when we should transition energy to renewables and transportation to rail. The answer: about 40 years ago.
November 2, 2011, 5:40 AM PDT | By Chris Nelder