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- Giving myself a grade on last year's green tech predictions
- Time for a little self-evaluation. I dug up my blog entry from New Year's Day 2008 to see just how off-base some of my predictions for the year-that-was wound up being. Here's how I did overall: Out of my 10 predictions, I can reasonably say that...
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
- Green tech company hits the red, and the panic button
- An ethanol-maker in South Dakota goes for Chapter 11. It's VeraSun, hit by a combo of high clorn prices, and tight credit. Even though corn prices are now only about half of their record $8 per bushel from mid-summer, VeraSun is feeling the pinch and is "re-organizing." ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Green tech does not meet U.S. Senate's standards
- So if there is any energy bill that passes the U.S. Congress anytime soon, it will not have any requirement that utility companies use more alternative energy to generate electricity. Green tech does not play well on K Street and in some conservative states, it seems. This is not...
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Are you willing to pay more for a green tech supplier?
- How much does a particular supplier’s green profile affect your decision to sign on the dotted line? I will answer this question personally and say that up until now, not much. I couldn’t tell you, for example, where it’s really best to buy your gasoline. (Because,...
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
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- How the cordless Powermat charging system took my iPod touch hostage [review]
- Unnecessary..... POS if you ask me!Cordless charging will work only whenit will be standardized and built into the various devices.what about solar-charging wireless?i've heard it was on the drawing boards...has anyone refined this 'green tech' to the point where it can be relied on?Oh, well... The transformer is such an...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Using green IT to meet corporate sustainability goals. Deloitte offers tips in Webinar.
- Wondering how to get your chief executive to buy more into technology's role in helping reduce energy consumption or in managing environmental initiatives? Deloitte Consulting recently hosted a seminar called "Competing in the Low-Carbon Economy: The Essential Dialogue Between the CIO and the C-Suite. Its goal was...
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Eco-ears: Why downloading your music from the Internet is inherently more green
- Someone, somewhere in Apple's Cupertino headquarters is kicking themselves for not thinking of jumping on this theme first: Intel and Microsoft have published a whole bunch of case studies and scholarly analyses that look at the various impacts of technology-enabled habits and processes on the environment. One of the...
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Sun not shining on solar-powered gadgets
- The first paragraph should be changed toSolar or photovoltaic PV technology in mobile computing devices is still impeded by physics of course, but that doesn't stop analysts and tech journalists from still talking as if someday the sun will magically produce more than 1kW per square meter of power at...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul
- OK, we've established that pretty much every high-tech vendor is IN LOVE with the Smart Grid, because of the billions of potential spending associated with it. So, what does the average energy consumer think? Aka, you and me. A new survey that was conducted jointly by PR...
- Blog posts 2009-08-16
- One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming
- Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Green shoots
- I would not hazard a guess about what's happening to the storied "green shoots" in the American or global economies. There are many economists and financial "experts" hazarding widely divergent guesses already. I will guess that green technology continues to have appeal in many nations. Green shoots...
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- News to know: Palm CEO; Barry Diller; iPhone upgrade; Iomega; MS Money
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm injects Apple DNA: Colligan out as CEO; Rubinstein in Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Barry Diller: The Internet 'Absolutely'...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?Green Y2KDennis, needed questions...I asked a similar question couple of weeks ago - are we headed towards a green Y2K?http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-green-y2k.htmlI was at Gartner then and we were warning the world about Y2K. The bigger the total remediation cost we projected the more...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?
- One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Green boom busted?
- Green boom busted?Silly thing about investorsThey want a guarantee of a return. And unfortunately this alternative energy thing is a tough nut to crack. The only forms of energy that seem to work reliably and cheaply other than burning things are wind, which is still not so reliable because the...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Dell one-ups rivals with latest renewable energy claim
- First posted on Smartplanet's Business Brains blog. The equations that some companies use to calculate their exposure to alternative energy sources are admittedly somewhat misleading and completely self-serving. Keep in mind that often, when a company says that 50 percent or even 100 percent of its energy...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?
- LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?We have mostly CFLs in our house.They are very bright for the wattage the use. They also have different spectrum values. But the mercury is a nasty drawback. I hope the LEDs will have a similar selection of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Here comes some R and D: nanotech in carville
- Some brave Angelenos will be working on nano-tech for combatting global warming. Yes, right there amid freeways and palpable smog and all the gas-burning cars in Los Angeles, some engineers will be using federal money to find nano-ways to more efficiently capture solar energy. Also, they're looking for...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Doors that 'revolutionize' power generation
- The energy you expend at the gym, on the nightclub dancefloor, and now, pushing a revolving door are sources for capturing electrical energy that is reusable. Fluxxlab, a design firm aiming to convert small amounts of human energy into electricity has created The Revolution Door and Powerslide, two prototype...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
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