It’s been several years since I interviewed Michael Scholey, CEO of Emcycle, on the 2GreenEnergy Video Report. Since that time, I’ve come across an uncountable number of designs for small urban commuter vehicles, like this novel approach. Personally, I’m still …
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Unless You’re Targeting the Coveted Death Valley Market, Urban Commuter Vehicles Should Be Enclosed
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Solar Energy – Making It Happen in the U.S.
It’s no secret that the U.S. lags most of the rest of the developed world in terms of the adoption of renewable energy. It would be nice if there were a singular cause for this that we could simply identify …
Fuel Economy Standards – Getting Trickier As the Years Go By
Those of us old enough to remember can recall the day when cars sold in the U.S. – even new cars — didn’t require seat belts. And the debate here was fierce; public safety advocates had their reports detailing how …
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Distributed Generation and the Intermittency of Renewable Energy
When we generate energy from renewable sources, we normally contemplate putting it on the grid. But then the issue arises: What about intermittency, and the need to back it up with dispatchable sources? People often forget that distributed generation does …
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Bill Gates on the Importance of Energy to the Developing World
Anyone who discounts what Bill Gates says on any issue has some explaining to do. Recall that, when he ran Microsoft, Gates would famously make himself available to talk with employees who wished to present their ideas, but was aggressively …
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CleanTech Investors To Get an Earful on Energy and Sustainability
I’ve been thinking about my upcoming talk at the monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Savvy Investors, and I’ve decided to make this multi-varied, taking on a great number of different issues associated with our civilization’s use of energy. At …
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2GreenEnergy — New Version
In a few days we’ll have a new version of the 2GreenEnergy website live, written to take advantage of some new features of WordPress. There will be only a few visible changes, one of which is the full use of …
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Bill McKibben on Peak Oil and Environmental Activism
My friend Cameron Atwood sent me this masterpiece on environmental activism by Bill McKibben, and asked me to comment on what he writes about peak oil. I believe he’s correct; I think money and technology will converge to keep the …
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Electric Vehicle Drivers Save Big
As suggested in this article comparing the total cost of ownership of a Nissan LEAF and a Nissan Juke, electric vehicle owners save a considerable amount over the life of their cars, due primarily to the significant savings in fuel …
From Guest Blogger Cherie: Companies Going Green — Four Retailers Making Environmentally Friendly Products
If Cody Lundin had his way, Americans wouldn’t use any paper products. While the Discovery Channel’s “Dual Survival” star helps individuals live off the land in a more Aboriginal method, some industries, specifically paper product producers, are starting to do their …
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