Tag: technology

Plug-in hybrid cars have become quite popular among car buyers in the last decade or so, due in large part to extremely high gas prices and concerns over the negative effects that gasoline-powered vehicles have on the environment. That’s why …

From Guest Blogger Jordan: Are Plug-In Hybrids Right For You? Read More »

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Becoming an engineer is one of the best ways to ensure you will actually make a difference when it comes to solving the problems facing future generations. If the population continues to grow at the current rate, there could be …

From Guest Blogger Mormiz: How Engineering and Hydrometallurgy Are Contributing to Our World Read More »

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Here’s an article that illustrates a principle I often discuss here: the lack of proper incentives and regulation to get the power utilities to embrace energy efficiency.  As a society, we need to use less energy, but that will only …

Energy Efficiency Sounds So Good, But Where Are the Incentives To Make It Happen? Read More »

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Here’s a presentation for those who want to know more about the breakthrough in biofuels I wrote about earlier today, and who understand things like: “Pyruvate decarboxylase catalyzes the non-oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to produce acetaldehyde.”  Personally, I function better …

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I had a pleasant surprise yesterday, when an old friend from my wife’s horse-breeding business (in fact, the very first person who ever bought a horse from us) unexpectedly contacted me on 2GreenEnergy.  He’s an affluent Jamaican who was looking …

Looking for a Renewable Energy Solution on Jamaica Read More »

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I’m taking a break from the activities at this, the second and last day of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s annual Energy Efficiency Summit to write this short note. My friends at Eos Energy Storage would have been …

Talking Up Eos Energy Storage at the Energy Efficiency Summit Read More »

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