Editor’s note: Congratulations to our friends at Ecotality on the beta launch of their new blog, Ecotality Life (and for snagging our own Michael d’Estries as Senior Editor). We’ll be continuing our Friday post swaps with Ecotality, and we’re very impressed with the quality and direction of the new blog. Today’s post was originally published on September 6, 2007.
A company in China just came out with a new hydrogen [...]
Editor’s note: This week, Ecotality blogger A. Siegel conjures up the spirit of 19th century French writer Emile Zola to point the finger at Newsweek and Washington Post writer Robert J. Samuelson. This post was originally published on August 15, 2007.
J’Accuse Robert J. Samuelson of facilitating inaction in the face of Peak Oil.
J’Accuse Robert J. Samulson of putting this nation through your peddling of false information about options to deal [...]
Editor’s note: This week, Ecotality’s Bill Hobbs takes a look at the Automotive X-Prize, a competition to develop a 100mpg automobile. This post was originally published on August 2, 2007.
The Automotive X-Prize has announced the first 31 teams accepted into their competition to create a commercially viable car that gets at least 100mpg. Among the teams accepted: Tesla Motors, Zap, Phoenix Motorcars, Fuel Vapor Technology and Team Velozzi. According to [...]
By Ecotality blogger Bill Hobbs. Originally published on July 23, 2007.
Regular readers of my writings here at the Ecotality blog know I have an abiding faith in the ability of profit-incentivized innovators and entrepreneurs to come up with solutions to the problems all tangled up in the global warming/energy puzzle, and today comes news out of Wales that fits thgreenbox.bmpat expectation to a tee.
It’s called the “Greenbox” and what it does is [...]
Editor’s Note: This week, Bill Hobbs, from the Ecotality Blog writes about the new research that will impact global warming and climate change predictions. Science is improving.
“Abondance is the French Alps’ first ski station to fall apparent victim to global warming. It will almost certainly not be the last,” reports the Associated Press. One year there’s not much snow and the AP is certain it’s global warming? It could be global warming, [...]
Editor's note: This week, Ecotality's A Siegel reviews Fred Pearce's When the Rivers Run Dry - Water: The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century. This post was originally published on July 12, 2007.Humanity faces severe challenges in the coming century.Are you fearful about Global Warming? I am.Peak Oil giving you the blues? Join me in concern.Well, let me add to your worries — as mine have been mounting. Water, one of the most renewable [...]
Editor's note: This week, Ecotality's Doug Snodgrass shares the Live Earth "7 Point Plan" in advance of tomorrow's big event (that's an understatement!). This post was originally published on July 3, 2007.The Live Earth mega-concert will be happening this coming Saturday, and former VP Al Gore, Live Earth founder Kevin Wall and Alliance for Climate Protection CEO Cathy Zoi have announced a “7 Point Pledge” which will be available at the [...]
By Ecotality blogger Doug Snodgrass. Originally published on June 28, 2007. Are you doing something about climate change? Perhaps the scope of your project is Live Earth-massive, or there’s a chance that the scale may be somewhat smaller. Either way, here’s something that you should know about. Celsias Blog is launching a program that aims to encourage individuals and groups to “register past, current or proposed climate change projects”. From the [...]
Editor's note: This week, Ecotality's Bill Hobbs points to an interesting new development: Algeria, a member of OPEC, has plans for exporting solar power. This post was originally published on June 20, 2007.A member of OPEC jumps into the solar energy business? Gotta be from The Onion, right? Wrong. Algeria, which earns $1 billion every week exporting oil, is developing a plan to generate solar power for both export and domestic [...]
Editor's note: This week, A Siegel at the Ecotality blog takes a look at a new initiative from some major players in the home computing industry. This post was originally published on June 12, 2007.Most people are unaware just how many kilowatt hours their computers burn and how many pounds of CO2 they help pump into the atmosphere. Interested in learning about this, there is no better place to start than [...]
