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- Will cheap oil affect green innovation?
- At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, calls on the government to require using alternative fuels to protect biofuel innovators from the cyclical nature of the oil market and to make it easier to...
- Tags: Biofuel, Government, Green Enterprise, Bill Joy, Churchill Club, alternative fuel, gas, oil, innovation
- Videos 2009-02-12
- Green Tech Bubble Deflation--Matches General Economy?
- A couple American ethanol plants are being shutdown, at least for now. One is in Indiana, the other in Ohio. AltraBiofuels gives its official reason for the closures: "market conditions." Read that as much lower gasoline prices. If gasoline prices continue to stay at this level or...
- Tags: Green Technology, Deflation, Alternative Fuel, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Kelley names 2008's greenest cars. Or, another reason to buy a way-cute Mini Cooper.
- Having owned exactly two cars in my life, I have consulted the Kelley Blue Book Web site exactly once: To take a guess at how much my Volkswagen Jetta could fetch when it was totalled last year. (Note, I wasn't driving it when said total happened. Ironically someone totalled their...
- Tags: Car, Alternative Fuel, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- What do we Americans want? Individuals shopping for, longing for greener transport. Where the h--- is it?
- Americans are saying they want more economical and environmentally friendly fuel, and they're backing that up with action. Two separate looks at American drivers found that many are saying and doing things that actually make sense, and that could be very good for green tech companies working on alternative energy...
- Tags: Car, Alternative Fuel, Americans, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-04-05
- M.T.M. Increases Efficiency to Support Global Business Growth
- M.T.M., an Italian company that owns the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, was established in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top manufacturers of alternative fuel systems for motor vehicles. M.T.M. wanted to increase efficiency company-wide and improve activity planning for all fuel systems lifecycle. The challenge was...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Alternative Fuel, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Toward greener jet fuels
- Researchers at Princeton University are currently working on two projects to reduce jet travel's role in global warming. The first one, a major project funded by the U.S. Air Force with $7.5 million, is focused on developing computational models that accurately simulate the burning of jet fuel, a complex process...
- Tags: Princeton University, Petroleum, Aerospace, Alternative Fuel, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-21
- Toyota: Gas-saving valve in engines by 2010
- Toyota: Gas-saving valve in engines by 2010sounds like VTEC to meHonda has had a simlar system, VTEC for year. It works well, providing better economy and beter performance.So much time from then to therebut okay.Now if only they could go forward with an alternative fuel supply. If they could...
- Tags: alternative fuel, Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Solar thermal energy making a comeback
- Solar thermal energy making a comebackClever, and innovative. I hope it catches on!n/t :)A step in the right direction...and I have seen this plant. Pretty cool. But we need more, and enough with the cost. You cannot put a $$ figure on the planet or our health and...
- Tags: alternative fuel, cell, Solar Thermal
- Discussion threads 2007-06-07
- Photos: George Bush and the ethanol racer
- The president visits a biotech company in North Carolina to continue his push for more research into alternative fuels.
- Tags: alternative fuel, George W. Bush, North Carolina, biotechnology, president, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-02-22
- Photos: Fuels of the future
- A look at some of the most promising alternative fuels and the cars that run on them.
- Tags: alternative fuel
- Image galleries 2007-02-01
- Photos: George Bush and 'ethanol 2.0'
- With ethanol gaining steam as an alternative fuel, the president gives a nod to researchers are looking beyond corn.
- Tags: nod, alternative fuel, George W. Bush, president, researcher
- Image galleries 2007-01-25
- Alternative fuels still in first gear
- Alternative fuels still in first gearIt's not so much the fuel price...as the price of the automobile. Consider the Honda Accord Sedan, and Hybrid Sedan. The gasoline version is $18,625. The Hybrid Sedan is $31,090.The problem is that the cost of going to a fuel efficient automobile is...
- Tags: alternative fuel, gasoline version
- Discussion threads 2006-10-30
- Photos: Fueling Toyota's future
- The Prius hybrid is just the start of the Japanese carmaker's efforts to tap into alternative fuels.
- Tags: alternative fuel, Toyota Prius, carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp.
- Image galleries 2006-10-10
- Photos: Getting around on biodiesel
- Josh Tickell promotes biodiesel through books and a backyard equipped to make the alternative fuel.
- Tags: biodiesel, alternative fuel
- Image galleries 2006-01-10
- Photos: Getting around on biodiesel
- Josh Tickell promotes biodiesel through books and a backyard equipped to make the alternative fuel.
- Tags: biodiesel, alternative fuel
- Image galleries 2006-01-10
- Photos: Getting around on biodiesel
- Josh Tickell promotes biodiesel through books and a backyard equipped to make the alternative fuel.
- Tags: biodiesel, alternative fuel
- Image galleries 2006-01-10
Additional Resources
- What's a brick?
- CinderblockMany years ago a product called cinderblock was made from coal fire residue. It was similar to standard concrete block. In many cases, over time, it proved far less satisfactory. One big problem was degradation in a wet environment. It would get sort of mushy and...
- Tags: ash, fly ash
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Energy prices are about to permanently alter world history
- You think you pay too much for gasoline? How about $10 per gallon in Britain? If you're an American taxpayer you're buying fuel for a helluva lot more than a mere $10 per gallon. How about $400 per gallon in Afghanistan. That's...
- Tags: Afghanistan, Energy Price, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Big Oil greening up--is this a good thing?
- "Newsweek" would like you to believe it's a happy sign of the times to see global oil companies putting serious money into alternative fuels. They site investments by major oil companies in ehtanol. The "Newsweek" piece refers to more nations putting taxes or caps on carbon emissions,...
- Tags: Oil Company, Newsweek, Oil, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-20
- Smart Planet: Turning algae into oil the NASA way
- now this is cooloil is a great portable energy source. I'm all for making it as cheap and abundant as possible.RE: Smart Planet: Turning algae into oil the NASA way1. Dr. Trent should re-read the NREL 1998 report on its 20 years of research into algae as a fuel source...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, NASA, food
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
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