From the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/2GreenEnergy, Robin Babicek, one of our 3238 “friends,” commented on yesterday’s post on the BMW i3 (electric vehicle):
1. It’s ugly.
2. Battery range puts it alongside other EVs such as the LEAF. While this is not bad in itself, I’d expect more from BMW, and frankly I detect a lot of resentment all over the tubes about BMW trying to tout it as a Model S rival. (more…)
Have you ever wondered how the vegetables at your local grocery store always look picture-perfect, even if the given vegetable is out of season? Well, most commercially grown vegetables are the subject of instance chemical treatment as well as genetic modification to make them grow faster and be more resistant to pest attacks. All this is well and good for the manufacturers and distributors of said vegetables, but the non-organic residues left behind after consumption can pose a great threat to your health and the ramifications of this can be staggering. (more…)
I love virtually everything about BMW’s i3 battery-electric vehicle – except that it won’t be available for another year. I hate to say it, but I’m mildly resentful of the fanfare that the company is generating, 12 full months in advance of the car itself.
Having said that, BMW knows how to do things right, and I’m 100% confident that the product will succeed. At the very least, it will appeal to people who wouldn’t be seen in anything other than a BMW – and trust me, there are plenty of them. I ought to know; I was one myself until I “went green.” Yes, I had a 540i, and a 735i before that. Not no more, as they say.
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston came across this microwind concept in Gizmag and sent it to me. A man of few words, he writes: “FYI.”
Thanks as always, Tim. Here’s my take: The wind conditions in 99% of the places this would be deployed are terrible, the “swept area” is small. I would bet that the electricity one would generate with it would be horrifically expensive.
As far as I can see, the only people who have a legitimate customer value proposition in this space are our friends at WindStream, which is why we present them in our list of renewable energy investment opportunities.
A reader asks:
What’s your take on Hydro Nano Gas? I think this could be a game changer if it really works.
This strikes me as a fraud. The issue is one of chemistry. The reaction CH4 + O2 -> CO2 +2(H20) produces CO2 (pictured here) as you can see. To say that something “neutralizes” this doesn’t make sense. Now if you add more energy and other material, you can synthesize some other compound; in fact, that’s what our friends at Doty Windfuels do; they’re on our list of clean energy investment opportunities.
Today, back to back, I experienced two different sides to an important argument that I hope readers will find interesting. I had a meeting this morning with Richard Stuebi, a gentleman who’s been in and around the game of raising capital for cleantech start-ups long before I had the idea. (more…)
Almost everyone knows that you can recycle aluminum cans and glass bottles, but did you know that you can recycle cars, ink cartridges, and telephones? Here are 10 things you didn’t know you could recycle.
1. 85% of Your Car Is Recyclable
If you have an old car in the garage, take it to a junk yard to be turned into scrap metal to produce recycled steel. Several programs are listed online at the Automotive Recycler’s Association website. If the car is operable, consider donating it to charity or selling it. (more…)
Here’s an article on energy from sea waves, to which I have mixed emotions about calling readers’ attention. The subject is exciting, and very little progress appears to be being made on it, so any news is intriguing. But man, this guy needs an editor like a baby needs her mother’s milk, and I’m a bit dubious on these claims. If there are any experts on the subject who would like to weigh in here, I’d appreciate it.
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I’m anything but an expert on the Middle East, but this can’t be good news: Iran and Syria signing a win-win agreement based on $3.6 billion in oil. When I see countries with criminally insane governments getting rich off oil, it engenders a range of thoughts and emotions – none of them positive. Obviously, I’m afraid of the implications in terms of human rights violations and the ever-growing prospect of nuclear war. But I’m also angry that oil is the de facto energy/transportation policy of my beloved nation. (more…)
Industries on our lands are continuously generating waste. People are unknowingly contributing to environmental pollution moving a step ahead toward making it more hazardous for living. This article is an awakening for those who belong to these industries; a must read on how to handle the waste coming up with their everyday operations. (more…)
