<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Business-y news I should write more about, but probably won’t]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Jon Rynn http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:17:34 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/1 Phew!

I'm glad you made that token acknowledgement Dave, or my day was going to be a real bummer.

]]> Phew!

I'm glad you made that token acknowledgement Dave, or my day was going to be a real bummer.

]]> Comment #2 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:38:32 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/2 Funny

One edit needed for accuracy:

"which [may, if all goes well] be making ..."

http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2008/01/coskata-hype.html ...

Save the world: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5% annually.

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One edit needed for accuracy:

"which [may, if all goes well] be making ..."

http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2008/01/coskata-hype.html ...

Save the world: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5% annually.

]]> Comment #3 by apsmith http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:19:40 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/3 On transit: new report out

Very interesting recommendations here from the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission:

- Ease traffic congestion by expanding state and local public transit systems and highway capacity.

_Protect the environment by smoothing traffic flow, encouraging alternative commute options such as carpooling and public transit and promoting energy-efficient construction and lighting in transit systems to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

_Seek to develop new energy sources with new research programs costing $200 million annually over the next decade.

_Raise the current gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon by 5 to 8 cents annually for five years and then index to inflation, to help fix infrastructure, expand public transit and highways as well as broaden railway and rural access.

Nice to see public transit and highways on an equal footing - even better would be + on public transit and - on highways...

]]> On transit: new report out

Very interesting recommendations here from the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission:

- Ease traffic congestion by expanding state and local public transit systems and highway capacity.

_Protect the environment by smoothing traffic flow, encouraging alternative commute options such as carpooling and public transit and promoting energy-efficient construction and lighting in transit systems to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

_Seek to develop new energy sources with new research programs costing $200 million annually over the next decade.

_Raise the current gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon by 5 to 8 cents annually for five years and then index to inflation, to help fix infrastructure, expand public transit and highways as well as broaden railway and rural access.

Nice to see public transit and highways on an equal footing - even better would be + on public transit and - on highways...

]]> Comment #4 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:23:52 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/4 Something delusional

Now you are getting it DR.  Expect a call from "Time" magazine soon.  Hehey.

Really?  2010?  Would huge multinational evil empires lie?  Of course not, it would hurt their credibility with consumers.  Gasp!

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Something delusional

Now you are getting it DR.  Expect a call from "Time" magazine soon.  Hehey.

Really?  2010?  Would huge multinational evil empires lie?  Of course not, it would hurt their credibility with consumers.  Gasp!

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Comment #5 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:31:01 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/business-y-news-i-should-write-more-about-but-probably-wont/5 NYT link to delusion

"But some experts say plug-ins may not be the ultimate answer to cutting pollution, if the electricity used to charge them comes from coal-fired power plants."

This was Vinod Khosla's latest argument as well.  The response:  This switch to plugin hybrids powered by a renewable smart grid will not happen overnight.

As the grid is suppiled with more and more solar, wind, and biogas power, more plugins will help buffer the demand and supply by recharging at strategic times.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> NYT link to delusion

"But some experts say plug-ins may not be the ultimate answer to cutting pollution, if the electricity used to charge them comes from coal-fired power plants."

This was Vinod Khosla's latest argument as well.  The response:  This switch to plugin hybrids powered by a renewable smart grid will not happen overnight.

As the grid is suppiled with more and more solar, wind, and biogas power, more plugins will help buffer the demand and supply by recharging at strategic times.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

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