By Clayton B. Cornell •
February 18, 2009
Editor’s Note: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has written an exclusive guest post on this topic here on Gas 2.0 earlier this same day.
At approximately 10:00 AM PST today, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce the installation of three electric vehicle charging stations in front of City Hall. The stations will be used by plug-in electric vehicles already in San Francisco’s municipal fleet, along with plug-in electric hybrids owned by car-sharing organizations City CarShare and Zipcar.
The charging stations were provided for a two-year public demonstration by “Smartlet” manufacturer Coulomb Technologies—one of the few companies vying for primacy in the business of building or supplying EV charging stations.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 17, 2009
Highlighting the renewable energy components of the stimulus package, President Obama said in Denver on Tuesday that the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was not the end of the economic downturn, but rather the beginning of the end.
By Jennifer Lance •
February 16, 2009
Hopefully the US economy will be strengthened from the increased government spending included in the Economic Stimulus Bill, but it is important to look beyond our borders whenever debt is incurred. China is the largest holder of U.S. government debt and actually needs it for investing Chinese surpluses. China has nothing else to invest in, as few other countries have debt markets large enough.
By Jennifer Lance •
February 15, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama called congressional approval of the Economic Stimulus Bill a “major milestone on our road to recovery”, but Republicans have been spreading rumors and crying foul to discredit the legislation.
By Timothy B. Hurst •
February 9, 2009
After the Senate today voted to end debate on the economic stimulus bill; and after the strong showing in his first prime time press conference, one might argue that—to borrow a Seinfeldian term—Mr. Obama has gained some serious ‘hand’.
By Reenita Malhotra •
January 28, 2009
Energy tax provisions slated for the massive economic stimulus bill include expanded incentives for plug-in electric vehicles.
Now that’s some seriously good news even though gas prices are the lowest they have been in a long time.
The Senate unveiled yesterday that they would mark up the $272 billion tax measure as they are a promising way to help curb reliance on oil imports by effectively allowing electric power to substitute for oil-based transportation fuels. The energy provisions total more than [...]
