One thing we seem to have in limitless supply is gullibility. You may have seen the story sweeping through the energy circles of the Web: Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air We […]
Tag: electric cars
Electric Cars versus the ICE
Someone asked today at The Oil Drum about the primary reasons one would favor electric cars over the internal combustion engine (ICE). I responded Yes. To me there are two big incentives. One is that […]
Review: How Can We Outlive Our Way of Life?
“Have the guts to consider the silent consequences when standing in front of the next snake-oil humanitarian.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb in The Black Swan I believe our generation faces a sobering choice: Take serious steps […]
The Chevy Volt Rolls On
General Motors is moving forward with the Chevy Volt: Novel Batteries Get a Boost General Motors has announced it will work directly with A123 Systems, a start-up based in Watertown, MA, to develop batteries that […]
GM Revives the Electric Car
Years after GM killed the electric car, they are bringing it back. They introduced a new electric car, the Chevrolet Volt, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this weekend. Here is what […]
Electric Car Breakthrough?
There are certain alternative energy technologies that I believe will have an enormous impact on our future. Heading that list is solar energy, followed by wind power, biomass gasification, and possibly cellulosic ethanol. Most alternative […]
Why GM Killed the Electric Car?
I am a big fan of electrifying our transportation grid, but I recognize that we still need to do a bit better on battery storage technology before electric cars can be expected to make serious […]