Eco-friendly manufacturing and production facilities provide needed goods while having less impact on the environment. Going green also lowers long-term costs through efficient use of energy and resources. Putting these tips for environmentally responsible manufacturing and production into practice will create this win-win solution for your company. (more…)
In the 10 years I’ve known Kansas City-based cleantech businessman Fritz Maffry, I’ve always been impressed with his understanding of the macro issues associated with energy and transportation. Fortunately, Fritz has the wonderful habit of jotting down his thoughts periodically and publishing them to a small group of colleagues. But these insights are too astute and too valuable to keep under wraps, thus I’m publishing this piece I received from him yesterday. (more…)
While the chorus of anti-Trump sentiment is growing louder by the day, he remains very much in the public spotlight, perhaps only for the wonderment we all hold: what hateful, laughably erroneous, irresponsible thing is he going to say next? How far will he go before the spineless senate Republicans who checked their integrity at the door retract their endorsements? (more…)
Today is the 84th anniversary of the discovery of antimatter, i.e., particles that are the opposite of matter which we experience in our daily lives, and that mutually annihilate when brought into contact with it.
Of course, we use the term “antimatter” in the figurative sense to mean the polar opposite of a certain person or thing. (more…)
The common wisdom among those following the migration to electric transportation is that large commercial vehicles will be the very last to make that transition. Here to challenge that notion is my colleague Jon LeSage, whose current edition of Green Auto Digest brings us up to date on the developments by Mercedes, Tesla, Nikola Motor, BYD, and Smith Electric Vehicles.
What’s the driver behind all this? Well, as usual, with very few exceptions, it’s regulation. (more…)
I happen to have an eclectic taste in music. Besides classical, I’m very into the fun and poignant stuff performed at music festivals around the U.S. The only problem I have with it is that it’s hard to name; it’s a blend of blues, folk, bluegrass, singer/song-writer, acoustic, Americana, ska, etc.—some of which overlap one another; I’ll admit, this is confusing. (more…)
Frequent commenter (when will I find a new descriptor?) MarcoPolo writes: Trump knows his audience will hear what they want to hear. His best publicists are his enemies. The more vitriolic and outraged they become, the more likable he seems. (more…)
Re: my post on Bill McKibben speaking about the U.S. presidential election, frequent gainsayer MarcoPolo writes: Advocates like Mckibben may get cheers from the “converted” but many Democrats will stay away from the polls because they don’t like his rhetoric. His continual bitter rants against Donald Trump only increase Trump’s popularity with his followers, increase his stature, and focus media attention on Trump.
Two points: (more…)
Here’s a little exchange on Twitter that I thought might bring readers a Friday afternoon chuckle:
A guy writes: Something that shouldn’t need saying but apparently does: @HillaryClinton’s climate plan is better than @realDonaldTrump’s.
…..to which my colleague Stephen Lacey of GreenTechMedia (pictured) responds, Wait. Trump has a plan?
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes about the urgency with which I propose to tackle our environmental problems:
There are two methods of addressing any crisis:
1) Cry doom, despair, calamitous disaster! Rush out and fling yourself upon your horse and ride madly off in all directions at once. Or: (more…)
