A colleague writes: It looks like Eestor is finally coming out. They activated their website after all these years. They got some validation by outside testing. Let me know what you think. I hate to sound cynical, but
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Do We Charge Our Electric Vehicles with Coal or Solar?
A colleague from Northern California read my recent post on electric vehicles in which I wrote: The fact that, at this point, EVs are almost always charged by burning more coal, rendering their environmental benefit dubious at best. He comments: …
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Fits and Starts in Electric Transportation
The electric vehicle industry is slogging along with lack-luster consumer demand. At issue are a) the inconvenience of having to plan one’s trips more carefully and limiting their length, given the slow growth of fast-charging stations, b) the fact that, …
Identifying Solid Opportunities in Renewable Energy
An investor wrote me yesterday about his interest in pursuing a joint venture with a company in ocean wave energy. Like so many others hoping to experience the upside potential of renewable energy and looking to escape the “great recession” …
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Thanking Environmentalism's “Insiders”
In order to make the point I wish to communicate in this post, I need to begin with a short tale from my college days. I’ve made liberal use of photography (via the links below) to help get the story …
From Guest Blogger Savannah Coulsen: Seven High-Paying Eco-Friendly Jobs
Green, or eco-friendly, jobs are becoming more popular. In fact more and more college graduates are opting to avoid the corporate workplace and instead are more interested in contributing to the betterment of the world. Here’s a surprising fact – …
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From Guest Blogger Romeo: Energy Consumption of the Internet – Technological and Environmental Benefits of Green Hosting
The internet has brought the world closer. The upside of internet usage is its reliability and its speed when used as a form of communication by individuals and businesses. One of the downside of internet use is its negative impact …
Americans’ Level of Concern for Environmental Issues Can Change Very Quickly
Here’s a comment that a friend sent me in response to my post in which I lamented how little Americans know and care about environmental issues. As you’ll see, my buddy doesn’t disagree, but he frames his thinking in a …
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The Gift of Christmas: Belief in Human Goodness
There probably isn’t one true meaning of Christmas, but there certainly are some common and quite wonderful themes that run through this entire season, one of which is belief. It’s a time marked by what Shakespeare reminded us: thinking makes …
Looking for the True Meaning of Christmas? Here’s a Place to Start
I’m sure many readers here know Bill Moore of electric vehicle fame; he’s made sure to add some level of understanding on the subject via his website EVWorld.com every single day since it was first published in 1997. This, of …
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