Honda’s hybrid gasoline-electric automobile is available in its Civic model. Its EPA-estimated city highway rating of 40 city/45 highway mpg appears to be slightly less than the Toyota Prius. Honda has announced a sporty CR-Z hybrid [http://automobiles.honda.com/cr-z/] to be debuted at the North American Auto Show in Detroit this year. Expect Honda to compete strenuously [...]
Peter Huber presents in Forbes a thought provoking discussion of the interests of nations at different stages of development and how their interests differ with respect to traditional fuel sources. He quotes Vinod K. Dar stating that China and India could start up a new coal plant each week for decades as they find that [...]
Legendary Forbes writer and stock picker, Ken Fisher, recently recommended the purchase of France’s Veolia Environnement (70, VE). “It makes fuel cells, desalinates water, turns scrap metal into steel & uses solid waste to generate electricity.” This is not a start up with unfulfilled dreams. Its market capitalization is $33 billion and it has revenue [...]
It may not be green or renewable energy, but The New York Times reported that the US Geological Survey conducted the largest survey of resources north of the Artic Circle. Donald L. Gautier, the chief geologist for the survey, said during a news conference Wednesday, July 24, 2008. “Most of the resources are on the [...]
The Toyota Prius hybrid is the most fuel-efficient car sold in the USA, although there are more fuel efficient cars sold ex-USA. The 2008 model is rated 48 mpg [city] and 45 mpg [highway]. Toyota sold about 182,000 Prius hybrids in the USA in 2007. Due to rapidly increasing gasoline prices, demand in 2008 has [...]
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Photovoltaic Cells. The Forbes magazine article, “Sun Worshippers” indicates that “within 7 years the cost of unsubsidized solar power could be down to 10 per kwh – what the average American consumer pays today for juice …” Solar power electricity generated today represents only 0.03% of the US electricity power. However, silicon and polysilicon are [...]
Rockport, Missouri produces much of its electricity from Wind. When it has an excess, it sells it. When the wind is not blowing hard enough, it purchases it from conventional sources. For more information please see the CNN video.
The following information has been provided by the Solar Power Energy Association (SEPA). Solar thermal electricity technologies (also called concentrating solar power, or CSP) produce electric power by converting the sun`s energy into high-temperature heat using various mirror configurations, which is then channeled to an on-site power plant and used to make electricity through traditional [...]
The following information is provided by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). Photovoltaic (PV) is the technical word for solar panels that create electricity. Photovoltaic material, most commonly utilizing highly-purified silicon, converts sunlight directly into electricity. When sunlight strikes the material, electrons are dislodged, creating an electrical current which can be captured and harnessed. The photovoltaic [...]
From USA Today comes this great exchange about the Pickens Plan between Cal Thomas, a conservative columnist, and Bob Beckel, a Democratic strategist. Here’s a taste: Bob: One of your conservative heroes, T. Boone Pickens, has stepped forward to take the lead on energy independence where Washington has failed, even appearing on Capitol Hill earlier [...]
Green Energy What is Green Energy for Earth? It is a concept that is crucial for our planet and encompasses alternative, nonpolluting, renewable energy and, of course, conservation of resources and efficient utilization of the energy that is produced. The less energy that our planet uses, the less energy that needs to be produced by [...]
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