We all have our “small world” stories — and I don’t think for a minute that mine are any better than yours. But for tomorrow at least, mine is pretty good. The marketing consulting firm that I ran for 25 …
Author: Craig Shields
More about Cypher Environmental
Norm Burns of Cypher Environmental, mentioned earlier today, asked if I would post this case study. Of course. The Dominican Republic has found it hard to build effective and long-lasting roads with its high annual rainfall, high temperatures and the …
Skyrocketing Disease Rates — Smoking Gun?
I think a lot of us are looking for the smoking gun causing the skyrocketing rates of disease in the world. Is there a single cause? I just spoke with Norm Burns – a man of retirement age – but …
Philips Hits $9 Billion in 'Green' Sales
To anyone who tells you that “green” isn’t big business, point them in the direction of Royal Philips Electronics (PHG), which just said that sales of “green” products totaled $9.4 billion, or 31% of total 2009 sales. Philips exceeded analysts’ …
Electric Vehicle History — Setting the Record Straight
My much respected friend Wally Rippel asks that I publish something to set the record straight on the early days of electric transportation. Here goes: According to the movie Who Killed the Electric Car? “after the success of the Sunraycer, …
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Attention Investors: Last Week's Most Important Alternative Energy News
Reports that Landis + Gyr may be going public shortly is big news. No offense to Itron — another great company — but I believe Swiss-based Landis + Gyr has the best prospects of any smart meter manufacturer in the …
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MIT Announces Exciting New Lightweight Battery Advancement – by Guest Blogger Kathy Heshelow
The press office at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced this week that a team of researchers has made a breakthrough on battery technology in the form of lightweight lithium-air batteries could have three times the energy density of current …
So Long, John Paul Stevens
Many of us were saddened to hear of the retirement of US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. In no way am I qualified to comment on the breadth of his career and the numerous positions he took on the …
Peak Oil – Discussion at Renewable Energy World
I’m delighted to see the flurry of recent activity from a few guest bloggers. I note that Kathy Hershelow writes volumes on Peak Oil. It’s good, well-constructed stuff – but I simply can’t get excited about it. In my discussions …
Another Startling New Report Suggests World Oil Reserves are at a ‘Tipping Point’ – Guest Blogger Kathy Heshelow
Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise and Environment recently released a report that indicates the ‘tipping point’ is now here for world oil reserves, and that demand will start to outstrip supply of oil as we head to the middle …
