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 …
Category: Renewables – Business
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’ …
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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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 …
Renewable Energy Rock Star Bill Paul and Tom Friedman
I received an email from renewable energy rock star Bill Paul just now: just fyi — following is from tom friedman’s column this morning. Obama-ism posits that we are now in a hypercompetitive global economy, where the country that thrives …
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Tom Friedman Declares Energy Technology "The Next Great Global Industry"
From today’s Tom Friedman column in the New York Times: Obama-ism posits that we are now in a hypercompetitive global economy, where the country that thrives will be the one that brings together the most educated, creative and diverse work …
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Paradigm Shift in American Consumers' Driving Habits
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb-Bg5DfPzI&w=445&h=364] Craig Shields predicts a paradigm shift in American consumers’ driving habits, based on increasing sensibilities re: sustainability. Citing the backlash against the fur industry in the 1960s, Craig predicts a larger-than-expected demand for electric vehicles based on his belief …
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Park2Park – A Novel Concept in Sustainability
I just spoke with Omar Passons — a terrific young man with a novel idea aimed at sustainability — a shuttle bus that would connect parts of cities that contain two or more islands with great deal of foot traffic, …
