I was left thinking the Cleanweb is a powerful concept with important implications for the future of clean technology and the environment. And with this weekend's hackathon, it is reaching takeoff velocity.

Despite intense focus by Silicon Valley and the support of the US government, the US is not catching up with Europe or China on clean energy and in many measures, we are falling further behind.

As the former CEO of Edison International,one of the most progressive utilities in the nation, Bryson understands the challenges of the electricity industry to an exceptional degree.

It would be wrong to say that efforts to grow energy independence never work. However, policy is not working nearly fast enough.

While many causes have no doubt contributed to the unrest roiling the Middle East, including technology and envy of Western freedoms, a key factor, John Denniston convincingly shows, is soaring food prices.

While the world's attitude toward nuclear will not be the same after Fukushima, it is equally unlikely that the world will quickly disband its nuclear power capacity.

As the clean energy standard idea proposed by President Obama in his State of the Union address works its way through Congress, another CES is also generating buzz in the clean energy world.

Clean technology is not like computer technology where we initially led and then other countries worked their way up the value chain. In the case of clean technology, we are starting out behind.