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This guy has it figured out The SOZEV/train combo commute	biodiversivist	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Pete has the coolest-looking SOZEV (Single-Occupant Zero-Carbon Emission Vehicle) in Seattle. (Click the photo to the right for a larger view.) It has turned a sweat-inducing, 45-minute slog up a killer hill into a comfortable 10-minute cruise. He rides to the Sounder commuter train station from his house and then from downtown to his office east of Seattle. Surfing the net while commuting by train is a concept that appeals to me. I wonder how well the free wi-fi conc ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles, green living, innovation, placemaking, tech (all these topics)

Prices aren't the only things being dropped Wal-Mart discontinues selling green PC in stores	Jerome Woody	12 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Remember the gPC? It's Everex's $199 'green' Linux computer, the one Wal-Mart stocked up on during the last holiday season. Well, it seems the 'experiment' is over, with an unsatisfied Wal-Mart putting those famous price-cutting scissors on their plan to sell the cheap PC in their stores. According to the AP, Wal-Mart concluded that their middle-American consumer base was not hip to the gPC's Linux-based operating system. However, seeing the appeal of the computer to ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, green products, tech, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Sick of Cell Anemia? Startup company makes thin-film solar cells via new process		07 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:03 AM on 07 Mar 2008 Solar company Konarka has announced that it successfully developed a new process to manufacture solar cells that could lead to a range of new solar-powered products and applications. The solar cells are made without silicon and are manufactured into a thin, light film via an inkjet printer, which means they don't need to be born in a clean room like traditional silicon cells. One dr ...
Topics: business, news, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, tech (all these topics)

What a Pane Bank of America can't make the call in green buildings		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 05 Mar 2008 Bank of America says that energy-efficient windows in its newer buildings are blocking cell-phone signals. From the Archives Convention Wisdom. Republican convention will go green. Climos Def. New company wants to seed ocean with iron to sequester carbon. Not Everyone Can Be a Decider. Timing of EPA decision on vehicle greenhouse-gas regulation still a mystery. News Arch ...
Topics: business, energy, energy efficiency, news, tech (all these topics)

Horsepower vs. mpg A timeline of changes in automotive fuel economy	Clark Williams-Derry	28 Feb 2008	Gristmill
This should be perfectly obvious, but automotive technologies have changed an awful lot over the last few decades. From about 1975 through 1987, federal standards prompted massive and surprisingly rapid improvements in fuel economy. Cars designers focused on nimbleness and efficiency over raw power, and the fuel savings were enormous.But since the late 1980s, most engineering advances have focused on making cars more muscular, and fuel efficiency has taken a b ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, tech (all these topics)

Wal-Mart wants your cleantech ideas	David Roberts	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Wal-Mart wants your help: We are trying something new at Wal-Martamidst the crazy fast, rapidly growing space of clean/green technologies we have found it pretty difficult to do two things: 1. Find the technologies that we should be implementing and 2. Be sure those that we know about are the best options with the most business potential and positive environmental impact. With this in mind, we've decided to partner with Cleantech, a very large networ ...
Topics: business, greening biz operations, tech, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

A trillion here, a trillion there Another day, another trillion dollars for the clean-tech industry	Mark Pawlosky	19 Feb 2008	Gristmill
It seems that a day doesn't slip by without someone raising the stakes in the alternative-energy poker game. The most recent bombshell wager: Cambridge Energy Research Associates report that alternative energy investments will -- hold on to your hats! -- top $7 trillion by 2030. That's an audacious number by any measure, and normally it would be enough to suck the oxygen right out of a convention of wind-farm enthusiasts. But that's not the half of it. The most sta ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, investing, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

The subsidy tease, part I Congress needs to stop flirting with the renewable energy industry	Joseph Romm	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- When it comes to relationships, Congress is a big tease. Or so it must seem to the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. Just when they think they're about to go to the altar with the federal government, Congress becomes the runaway bride. Everyone who's anyone acknowledges that energy efficiency and renewable energy a ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, innovation, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Barack's economic policy speech in Wisconsin Obama lauds green jobs and clean tech in economy speech	Todd Hymas Samkara	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Photo: Sam Graham-Felsen In a speech on Wednesday at a GM auto plant in Wisconsin, Barack Obama outlined his economic agenda for the country. He described his stimulus plan, promising to boost green jobs, help the middle class, dole out tax cuts, negotiate worker and environmental protections in upcoming free-trade agreements -- and, to help pay for much of it, end the costly war in Iraq. The environmental highlights of the speech are below (audio ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, green jobs, politics, presidential race 08, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Bush: the uncompassionate, anti-technology president Dubious 2009 energy budget released	Joseph Romm	05 Feb 2008	Gristmill
On the heels of giving away the (decorative) centerpiece of his climate technology effort, NeverGen FutureGen, Bush released a heartless and mindless FY09 energy budget yesterday. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent around an email on the President's Budget Request for FY2009 (I will post budget details later). Bingaman is 'pleased to see overall growth in the DOE budget, particularly in the area of basi ...
Topics: climate, energy, George Bush, politics, tech (all these topics)

Whither the alternative energy market? Q&A with Eric Janszen on whether an alt-energy bubble is in the making	Mark Pawlosky	01 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Eric Janszen Eric Janszen, the founder and president of iTulip.com, recently argued in Harper's Magazine that the alternative energy segment is a prime candidate for a massive asset bubble, potentially dwarfing both the dot-com and housing bubbles. I wrote about Janszen's prediction last week. This week, Janszen joins us for a question-and-answer follow-up.Grist: You make a convincing argument that a financial bubble in the alternative energy industry ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, interview, investing, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Green fantasy tech one step closer to reality Lockheed Martin signs exclusive contract with Eestor for energy storage units	David Roberts	01 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Oh! I forgot to pass on some interesting news that came my way recently. Defense mega-contractor Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with mysterious ultracapacitor company Eestor to use its energy storage devices in "military and homeland security applications." This seem huge. The buzz around Eestor -- more here -- has been intense, and the claims it makes on behalf of its ultracapacitors are astonishing. If they pan out, it could revolutionize the auto ...
Topics: business, energy, energy storage, tech (all these topics)

Gimme my P-Per	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
According to Yanko Design, this mobile phone -- the lamentably named "P-Per," designed by the folks at Chocolate Agency -- is eco-friendly because it minimizes materials, consisting "of just 4 layers, a printed circuit board, extruded polycarbonate, recycled titanium, and a wrap around flexible haptic LED touchscreen." Gaze upon it: photo: Yanko Design I want to believe.
Topics: tech, green products (all these topics)

Chip and They're Bolder Intel replaces PepsiCo as biggest U.S. buyer of alternative energy		28 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:45 PM on 28 Jan 2008 Tech giant Intel has announced that it will buy 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits a year, making it the biggest U.S. buyer of alternative energy. Previous record-holder PepsiCo is bumped into second place with a purchase of 1.1 billion kilowatt hours annually -- but if Pepsi's advertising is to be believed, every sip gets them closer. sources:� Financi ...
Topics: business, energy, greenish companies, news, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Bubbling up ... Could alternative energy companies drive the next big market bubble?	Mark Pawlosky	26 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In case you missed it, the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a violent and exhausting 1,000-point swing the past week, down 450 points on Tuesday before trimming its losses and then tumbling 330 points on Wednesday before rebounding with a 299-point gain. It's not the only financial freefall of late. The housing market bubble was punctured last fall and has been leaking like the Hindenburg ever since. (And long before that, the economy experienced the ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, investing, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Rise to Power Clean-tech and wind power both soaring		18 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:23 PM on 18 Jan 2008 Investment in clean-tech companies rose 44 percent from 2005 to 2006, and jumped an additional 44 percent from 2006 to 2007, soaring to $5.18 billion, according to the Cleantech Group LLC. Last year in clean-tech, energy generation received $2.75 billion in investment, followed by energy storage ($471 million) and transportation ($445 million). And you know what that means: "More new car companies were fi ...
Topics: business, cars, energy, news, renewable energy, tech, wind power (all these topics)

Can the environmental economy dodge a recession? As economic indicators trend downward, the clean-tech sector is still looking up	Mark Pawlosky	18 Jan 2008	Gristmill
As one key economic engine after another -- housing, finance, autos, retail -- sputters and stalls out, the fledgling eco-economy is purring right along, fueled in no small part by venture capital firms hungry for new opportunities in industries that promise outsized returns on their investments. In the first three quarters of 2007, VCs poured $2.6 billion into alternative energy and clean-tech firms, more money than they invested for the whole of 2006. The new y ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, investing, renewable energy, tech (all these topics)

Something in the Air New MacBook Air has some green qualities		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:46 AM on 15 Jan 2008 Photo: apple.com Apple Inc. head honcho Steve Jobs has introduced the new MacBook Air. Your nerdy cousin's new object of lust is LED backlit, comes with a recycle-friendly aluminum case, and gives purchasers the option of an efficient 64-gigabyte solid-state hard drive. It also boasts a mercury- and arsenic-free display, a circuit board without brominated flame retardants, and PVC-free internal cables ...
Topics: business, news, tech (all these topics)

Share and Share We Like Tech companies offer free rights to eco-friendly patents		14 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:07 PM on 14 Jan 2008 Four tech companies have partnered with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to introduce the Eco-Patent Commons, which will offer the rights to eco-friendly technologies for free. IBM, Sony, Nokia, and Pitney Bowes have together donated 31 patents into the public domain, including one for a shock-absorbing cardboard tray that would replace the need for Styrofoam p ...
Topics: business, news, tech (all these topics)

The future is ... less far in the future New nanoantennas capture sun's energy 24-7; are cheap; are not yet for sale	David Roberts	09 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Via SolveClimate, the latest whiz-bang new gonna-change-the-world solar technology: nanoantennas! They harvest the sun's energy even at night! They're cheap "as inexpensive carpet"! They're printed on thin, flexible sheets! They're ... in a lab somewhere. Here's hoping.
Topics: energy, innovation, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, tech (all these topics)

To Have and to Put on Hold EPA launches cell-phone recycling campaign		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:40 PM on 08 Jan 2008 As many as 150 million cell phones are taken out of service in the U.S. each year, and some 80 percent end up in the landfill, where they leach toxins into the air and water. In an attempt to address the problem, the U.S. EPA today launched a campaign to boost cell-phone reuse and recycling. Eleven companies -- AT&T, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, Samsung, Sony Er ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, tech, US EPA (all these topics)

All Charged Up Consumer electronics event showcases green products		07 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 2:02 PM on 07 Jan 2008 The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicked off in Las Vegas last night with tech products both glitzy and green. Laptop cases made from corn instead of petroleum products are on display, as well as devices that help electronics only suck electricity when being used, universal chargers, easily recyclable batteries, and solar-powered cell phone speakers. Sessions include "Evolving Environment ...
Topics: business, greening biz operations, news, tech (all these topics)

Technology begets technology Battery technology continues to improve	biodiversivist	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This is my hybrid bike charging at a 7-11 while I ate some lunch. I was hauling a heavy load and had been tormenting another cyclist who had been trying to close a 10-foot gap with me for a couple of miles on Sand Point Way. I took my batteries to their limit of 4.6 amp-hours, so I had to pull out of the dogfight to refuel with 14 miles on the odometer. Yet-Ming Chiang (formerly a researcher at MIT) combined lithium ion technology with nanocarbon particles to ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

The year ahead What will it take to make 2008 great?	Joseph Romm	04 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The following guest post is by Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), originally published on Climate Progress. He is the co-author of Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy. ----- Now that our New Year's Eve party hats are put away, it's time to look to the next year in the battle against global warming. In the year 2007, some good things did indeed happen on this front. Measures significantly improving car mileage standards and promoting the growth of re ...
Topics: brilliance, carbon trading, climate, energy, George Bush, green living, innovation, politics, tech (all these topics)

My audiobook experiment The ear as an underutilized data input port	biodiversivist	28 Dec 2007	Gristmill
I've been experimenting with audiobooks, not only because they may one day replace the tree-eating variety, but also because I like the idea of listening to a book while performing other less entertaining tasks. Meetings fit that definition but turn out not to be good candidates for other reasons. My brain has two main data input ports: my ears and eyes. Of the two, my ears seem to be the least utilized. However, I didn't know if I could listen to a book and chew gum ...
Topics: books, green living, tech (all these topics)

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