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- More small scale electric transport
- More small scale electric transportA gas-powered scootergoes twice as fast, has 5 times the range and costs $2000 less. If you're crunched by gas bills, get one of those instead. At $4 a gallon, you'll be able to buy 500 gallons with the money you save. Enough to drive your...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
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- Bolivia:lithium=Saudi:oil?
- What's a poor country with rich resources to do? There's the Nigeria model: tribal hatred and long-running civil war. There's the Saudi model: bribe your own people, hire aliens to do the dirty work and execute any dissenters. There's the West Virginia model: give the mining companies...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- (Lunar science takes off at NASA)
- Lunar science takes off at NASALunar MissionThe purposes of going to the moon should be to:1. Construct a permanent, self-sustaining residences.2. Construct a lunar surface to L1, L2, L4, or L5 launch system for construction and supply of space-based construction platforms.3. Construct solar energy collection system...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?
- So let's follow the money. The car-makers of the world are all hurting from Toyota to Chrysler. Sales are awful. The new emissions standards in the U.S. will be the toughest this country's ever seen. The new regs come with some pleasant promises for car makers:...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- U.S. battery company tries to power up
- We all know Micihigan leads the country in unemployment and in dinosaur car companies. Amidst the nostalgia for days go by, some entrepreneurs are pushing for a re-birth. An Ann Arbor start-up is wanting to a big in the world of batteries. Sakti3 has backing...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Britain tries to electricify its auto industry
- In moves that mirror new American laws, the British government is going to be providing hefty rewards to British car-buyers...if they buy electric vehicles. The pay-outs could be as much as five thousand pounds. Currently that's well over $7,000 U.S. About 13% of Britain's total...
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computing
- Iceland is in a bit of trouble these days, its economy collapsed last year when its three largest banks failed. And so now it is being bailed out by the International Monetary Fund and trying to get its economy on an even keel. One of Iceland's most...
- Blog posts 2009-03-29
- Podcars inch from myth to reality
- Podcars inch from myth to realityAnd Apple will sue anyonewho dares call them a [b]Pod[/b]car.Interesting concept, but . . .Interesting concept, but:-Will people be able to have their own personal pods, or will all pods be owned by the state/company?-How does this work when one of the endpoints doesn't have...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-11
- Podcars inch from myth to reality
- Personal rapid transit PRT has seen its fair share of political strife and skepticism, particularly in the U.S. where a few projects are stuck at the planning stage. But this novel way of getting around appears to have a good shot at flourishing overseas. Two PRT systems...
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Khosla: Don't Save the Dinosaurs
- Well-known greentech VC Vinod Khosla has an opinion piece in a national news mag today...and it calls for letting Detroit's auto dinosaurs wander around among the financial ferns until they die, or evolve into more agile creatures. Khosla's argument is cogent and backed by much of recent...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation
- The single most important development in the chip industry was not a new technology it was a new business process. In 1987 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC was formed, it was a chip company with a difference--it would make chips for other chip companies. This was...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Go, Carts, Go! Trumps "drill, baby, drill."
- Even in oil country folks are turning to electric golf carts for transport. Like in Hobart, Oklahoma. The annual fee: $10. How long before Exxon goes to court to stop this madness? City after city the local laws are being alterd to allow electric,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transport
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transportIt's a motor, a battery, and an engine."Not a surprise, the auto industry is crap at explaining these vehicles to potential buyers."It's a motor, engine, and a battery. The motor can power the wheels. It gets great mileage.That's about as much explaining as you need....
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Some serious research into gasoline-free transport
- There's an institute in Davis, California, dedicated to studying what works and what doesn't work when it comes to people moving around. Headed by Dr. Dan Sperling the faculty and research staff have delved into all manner of transit modes, energy sources, etc. They don't have Washington lobbyists...
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- (Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)
- (Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear)Where's the Hydrogen?I'll tell you how to get enough hydrogen to run the world for millenia. There are certain, very large areas of the world, typically volcanic, which have a massive heat gradient. One such is Kamchatka, on the Eastern border of Siberia. Here...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- News to know: SAP; Microsoft patches; Nvidia; iPhone
- Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: SAP: Oracle price-gouges customers even more than we do Michael Krigsman: Business Objects Influencer Summit: Strategy to execution Larry Dignan: Microsoft plugs IE, Office in big patch haul Roland Piquepaille: No more need for...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- More small scale electric transport
- A2B, courtesy Ultra Motors. This is the A2B, as in "gets you from A to B." It's Ultra Motors' electric bike aimed at the harried, gas-attacked urban commuter. There are other electric bikesd around, of course. Here's Ultra's own pitch...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already
- ZAP truck courtesy of ZAP. American consumers are bypassing Big Oil and Big Auto, they are going directly to the electric car. They are not waiting for fancy new start=ups to come out with traditional looking cleantech vehicles. How is this happening? By buying golf carts....
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Toyota tinkers with baby Segways
- Toyota on Friday announced that it is tinkering with a robot called the Winglet, which technically is "a personal transport assistance robot ridden in a standing position." Translation: Toyota may be eyeballing Segway's turf. The automaker said in a statement that the Winglet is still being refined,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
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