Notwithstanding the Toronto Star’s admissions documented in this series that Tyler Hamilton failed to meet its journalistic standards with respect to disclosing conflicts of interest, the Star continues today to maintain its association with Hamilton, identifying him as a Star author.
The current edition of Corporate Knights magazine, where Hamilton is editor-in-chief, has another of his signature PR promos for the Smart Grid. Included in the list of companies he promotes are many of the corporate sponsors of the Ontario Smart Grid Forum — an Ontario government project Hamilton has recently worked for. The overlap between the companies promoted in the Corporate Knights article and the Smart Grid Forum sponsors includes GE, IBM Canada, and Enbala. Given Hamilton’s well-established lack of interest in notifying readers of his conflicts, it is tough to determine what information published by Corporate Knights is paid PR and what is not.
How long will electric car batteries last when they are used to supply the grid?
A great many things can be done on small scales but can they be done on large scales and at what costs?
The non-science public does not understand the difference between these two concepts.
There are very good reasons why flywheels were not used. And as I understand this issue, it’s because large flywheels are dangerous.
The general public does not understand that wind and solar are diffuse sources of energy.
Wind, solar, batteries, flywheels, etc. will consume vast amounts of natural resources. There is no sustainability doing this and what about the environmental damage that will be done?
Enbala Power Networks Ltd., Toronto
Thomas F. Brady, Board Chair since 2012 connection, thru OPOWER Inc. Board, to Trae Vassallo, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=49499916
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
L. John Doerr III, Partner
Al Gore, Partner
Trae Vassallo, Partner
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=21381
Cleantech Group Inc.
Board includes Nicholas Parker, Toronto, co-founder and also with Corporate Knights.
OPOWER is also on the 100 list.
http://www.cleantech.com/about-cleantech-group/the-team/board-of-directors
NATURE Nov.27, 2013
“Research ethics: 3 ways to blow the whistle”
“Retractions of scientific papers have increased about tenfold during the past decade with many studies crumbling in cases of high-profile research misconduct that ranges from plagiarism to image manipulation to outright data fabrication.”
http://www.nature.com/news/research-ethics-3-ways-to-blow-the-whistle-1.14226