I’m off on a hike that will ultimately take me to a vintage car show. I was explaining my viewpoint on the history of automotive design and engineering to my daughter just now, which I summarize as follows: From the …
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Cars: Past, Present and Future
Tagged with: better public transportation, car-sharing, e-scooters, Electric Vehicles, micro-rentals, ride-sharing
Filmmakers’ Responsibilities to Society
I met a delightful woman at yesterday’s “boot camp” in preparation for the 2013 Clean Business Investment Summit. Barbara Kerr Condon, who has a great deal of experience in this arena, and is in the process of producing a film …
Process to Recapture Ethanol Vapors Is a Friend To the Ozone Layer
Do you know what happens in the process of the fermentation of yeast and grape juice to making the 26.2 million tons of wine made each year on planet Earth? When this subject arose at today’s session in which my …
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From Guest Blogger Emily Harper: The Truth about Climate Change — Will Planting Trees Really Save Us?
Changes in the temperature in the past decades have brought the worst natural disasters that wreaked havoc everywhere in the world. From hurricane Katrina in 2005 that claimed more than a thousand lives in the country to cyclone Nargis in …
From Guest Blogger John Anderson: Climate Change — Are Hurricanes Our Fault?
The world has suffered from several fatal disasters. News of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other phenomena have shaken us. Most people say that it is nature’s own way of taking revenge against humans’ cruelties. However, could it be nature’s cruelty …
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2013 Clean Business Investment Summit Holds Great Promise
I just got back from a day-long session in which I mentored presenters for the 2013 production of the Clean Business Investment Summit. CBIS is a group with a long list of greats: intentions, sponsors, fellow volunteers, statistics (in terms …
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Will Our Electrical Power Utilities Remain Relevant?
Here’s a Business Week article whose point is that the relevance of our power utilities is disappearing. Not true. Unless there is a breakthrough in energy of unprecedented proportion, along the lines of cold fusion or something else that appears …
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A Post From One of Our Really Smart Friends in the UK: Gary Tulie, Writing on China's Investment in Upgrading Their Grid
Gary sent me this, and I thought I’d publish it for him, as I’ve always been so impressed with his insights: Just today, I was reading that China is half way through a program to install ultra high voltage grid …
From Guest Blogger Amy Morin: Putting Some Heat in the Green Movement
Lots of businesses and individuals are trying to do their part to go green, including local fire departments. There are many steps fire departments can take to become environmentally friendly, including: Reasons for Going Green
From Guest Blogger John McMalcolm: Are Medical Clinics Getting Greener?
Deteriorating environmental conditions and rising energy prices are prompting many businesses and individuals to adopt eco-friendly practices. An increasing number of medical clinics across the country are taking the role of community leaders in promoting environmental protection, setting a positive …
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