How about billions of tiny mirrors, launched into orbit to deflect solar rays? Or clouds artificially whitened to reflect more sunlight back into space? Or maybe mechanical trees to suck carbon dioxide from the air along busy highways? Outlandish as … Continued
Waking up on a dreary Sunday morning this weekend in Copenhagen (where I’ve recently moved to prepare for the upcoming climate talks in December), I was met with a barrage of headlines, mostly from U.S. media, telling me that Copenhagen … Continued
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition of energy companies, automakers and shipping firms unveiled on Monday their cure for America’s oil addiction — electric vehicles. The group, the Electrification Coalition, aims to get 75 percent of miles driven fueled by electricity … Continued
How demand for oil will change by 2030 GLOBAL demand for oil is set to rise from 84.7m barrels per day (bpd) in 2008 to 105m bpd in 2030, says the International Energy Agency in its latest annual energy report. … Continued
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States is the main obstacle to concluding an ambitious agreement at the Copenhagen meeting on climate change next month, French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said on Sunday. Speaking after world leaders meeting in Singapore said … Continued
We are excited to see this movement(article below) away from the traditional finance we were all taught of shareholder value maximization at the cost of all else. A societal component must be added to how shareholders and the corporation is … Continued
Over the past year, the buzz about paper, plastic and reusable bags has grown louder by the day. In the last two years, four states – California, New York, Rhode Island and Delaware; five cities – Tucson, Chicago, New York … Continued
At Rocketdyne’s San Fernando Valley headquarters outside Los Angeles there’s a whiff of the right stuff—of crew-cut guys in short-sleeve white shirts and skinny black ties—in a vast room that holds the massive rocket engines that propelled John Glenn and … Continued
Our discussion continues on mass rail transportation in the USA and how it compares to what other countries have now and what we possibly could have in the future. The following is a review from a NY Times article of … Continued
America loves the car. This is not news to anyone over 16 with a drivers license. But is the car the best way to move people in the USA especially either within urban areas or between urban areas.Much of the … Continued
