Feb 27, 2009 – A congressional commission [National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission - NSTIFC] recommended raising the federal gasoline tax by 10 cents per gallon. This 54% increase from the current 18.4 cents per gallon would be very regressive and hit low income and middle income individuals who commute to work and drive [...]
Feb 27, 2009 – GM [NYSE: GM] changed the way it calculates it fuel economy projections and the figures are going down, not up. GM made a filing with the Treasury Department last week in which it said its cars would average 33.7 mpg in 2012, down 3.7 mpg from its first filing in [...]
Feb 26, 2009 – Ages ago in 2007 [remember the good times when your house was worth more than your mortgage?] $25 billion was authorized for loans to electric-powered cars. How much has been disbursed to speed us to the electric car?Zero!Leslie Wayne writes “$25 Billion for Electric Cars Is Still Untouched” in today’s issue [...]
Feb 25, 2009 – Measure out the amount of water you need for your cup of tea before boiling. If you just fill up your tea kettle with 5 to 6 cups to make one cup of tea, you are using your stove top burner 5 to 6 times longer than you need to for [...]
Feb 25, 2009 – Harold McGee [With apologies to DDB, You don't have to be Italian to love pasta] comments in “How Much Water Does Pasta Really Need?” in The New York Times on cutting down on the energy to prepare pasta. Use less boiling water to cook the pasta instead of 4-6 quarts [...]
Fuel Cells – The Promise & Challenge of Hydrogen-Based Energy: Thursday, March 5, 2009 Time: 5:30 – 6:30 Registration 6:30 – 7:30 Dinner / 7:30 – 8:30 Presentation and Q&A
Fuel cells continue to stir debate as viable power sources for vehicles and other applications: Will they ever be durable or cheap enough? Where will [...]
Feb 25, 2009 – A special edition of the smart fortwo will be celebrating its world premiere by Daimler at the 79th Geneva Motor Show. The “edition limited three” boasts exclusive, elegant paintwork and a spring-like fresh interior design concept. Thanks to mhd technology as standard, the cult 2-seater car combines a chic [...]
Feb 25, 2009 – On March 3rd, Americans United for Energy Independence and the Transportation Energy Partnership (comprised of Clean Cities programs throughout the country) will host Energy Independence Day in Washington DC — gathering on Capitol Hill and then meeting individually with members of Congress to urge an end to the U.S. addiction to [...]
Feb 24, 2009 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced it reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules in the fourth quarter to 98 cents/watt, breaking the $1 per watt price barrier.
“This achievement marks a milestone in the solar industry’s evolution toward providing truly sustainable energy solutions,” said Mike Ahearn, First Solar CEO. “First [...]
Feb 24, 2009 – Siemens Energy [NYSE: SI] has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to conduct atmospheric modeling research that is expected to help operators and owners operate wind farms more efficiently, while providing more power to power grids. Under the CRADA that will [...]
Stacy Ritter is currently Mayor of Broward County and is amember of the Broward County Planning Council and the Fire Rescue Council as well as the official liaison between city and county governments. Broward County along with the Florida Legislature, the U.S. Congress, and governments globally are engaged in the development of initiatives to reduce [...]
Professor Avraham Kribus, from the School of Mechanical Engineering , Tel Aviv University believes that Israel is one of the top five countries in the world when it comes to alternative energy, as of September 2006.
The practice of using solar energy in Israel has greatly improved within the past five years as well. Kribus is [...]
This contemporary retail boutique is the first of its kind in South Florida and opened in June of 2008 in Plantation, FL. The owner and entrepreneur is Mylene D’Arelli and is a mother of two and a wife to the first successful LEED attorney who is accredited by the US Green Building Council which works with [...]
Feb 23, 2009 – When gasoline and jet fuel hit record prices in 2008, US Airways [NYSE: LCC] began charging $1 for coffee and $2 for bottled water and soft drinks, presumably to cover the fuel cost of flying all that liquid around the country. Now that fuel costs have ebbed and US Airways was [...]
Feb 23, 2009 – Green Energy Initiative from the United States Post Office [USPS] website:
• We use refined bio-based oil, alternative fuels such as compressed natural gas, hydrogen, or ethanol gas, and re-tread tires on our fleet of Postal vehicles
• We’re constantly streamlining our delivery routes to reduce driving time and fuel use.
The Postal Service [...]
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