Question: By promising to expand its electric vehicle fleet and supporting bike sharing, Ford Motor Company has reasonably good PR when it comes to environmentalism and mitigating climate change.
Author: craigshields
From Gary Tulie: The Tesla Truck and Its Value Proposition in Europe
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie sent me this very interesting piece from his home office in Buckinghamshire, England, in which he analyzes the value that the Tesla electric truck offers its owner. I thought readers would find it interesting.
Infiniti and Porsche Join Tesla and Volvo in Competitive EV Drive
In his publication Green Auto Market, editor and publisher Jon LeSage writes: Global automakers are seeing electrified luxury cars as vital to being Tesla-competitive, government mandate-compliant, and standing out as high-performance innovative carmakers.
The American Energy Society’s Notes on Coal
From The American Energy Society: China has been unable to import enough natural gas, so it ramped up its coal output to record-high levels, which has undermined the government’s stated plan to boost alternative sources of energy and wean the nation off …
Tagged with: 74 coal units are scheduled for retirement in the next 3 years, alternative sources of energy, American Energy Society, bake the planet with climate change, bold actions in renewable energy, China has been unable to import enough natural gas, fossil energy sources, solar and wind, suffer the effects of climate change
The Heightening Intensity of Assaults on American Democracy
Here’s a quick memory test: Before the elections in November, 2016, what was the biggest threat to American democracy? It’s not that easy, is it?
Tagged with: Citizens United
Bill Gates’ Smart City of the Future
Long-time subscriber “Russ” writes: I think Bill Gates is onto something with his desert community; too bad everyone else doesn’t seem to feel the same way. Any thoughts on that subject? It’s at its infancy. Sorry to be argumentative, but …
Top Renewable Energy Author/ Consultant/Investor Evaluates Cleantech Business Concepts Free of Charge
As the old saying goes, “Businesses are like babies: fun to conceive, but hell to deliver.” And in cleantech, there’s an excellent reason this is true, according to best-selling author, business consultant, and investment coordinator, Santa Barbara, CA-based Craig Shields. …
Tagged with: cleantech business plans
Environmentalism: Taking It Back To Basics
There are about 8,000 blog posts here and about 19,000 comments on them, some of which get pretty far out into the weeds. Accordingly, now and then it may be a good idea to discuss the simplest, most basic concepts …
Why Biofuels Are Failing
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood writes: “As a species, we do a fairly good job of cultivating and harvesting grain energy to distribute as food. In your estimation, what are the core technical factors are that currently prevent the scale up …
Conference on Algal Biofuels Sounds Interesting, But….
If I weren’t so frugal with both my money and my time, I’d probably go to this conference on biofuels. I’m curious to know how far this subject has come. It’s good that the focus is still on algae; if …
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