Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Watch it! It's funny. And it's about low-carbon transportation. Dan's a great guy and I love it when people and issues I care about are on the Daily Show. (Remember the Cape Wind piece?) ...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Wednesday Google and GE announced a partnership to work on smart grid technology together to help enable plug-in hybrids. This partnership makes a lot of sense in terms of a marriage of software and hardware. Plus if you put their...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
NRDC and the Electric Power Research Institute participated in a National Press Club event this morning to release 2 reports on the environmental impact of plug-in hybrids. The 2 reports are part of a joint study that evaluate (1) nationwide...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
On Friday, Treehugger posted the results of a recent Carnegie Mellon study comparing the lifecycle global warming pollution emissions of liquid coal fuel and a plug-in hybrid car running on regular gasoline. Because all the carbon in liquid coal fuel...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
Just two bits of news round up. First, as reported by Triple Pundit and the New York Times, Google and PG&E are working together on plug-in hybrids that can store electricity from the grid and then sell it back. It's...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil
Wired has a nice article on GM's new concept car, the Chevy Volt. The Volt is being released today at the North American International Auto Show and is a first in a series they're calling the E-Flex line. As the...continued→
