Earlier today, a friend sent me a link to this discussion of electric vehicles on Techcrunch, one of the great blogsite successes of the past few years. The article features the way-cool work of Plug-In America in its ongoing advocacy …
Author: Craig Shields
Electric Vehicles Present Curious Challenges to Sportscar Makers
I’m always amazed at how the auto industry continues to spin out new ideas – even at the expense of integrating concepts that, I would think, would have little chance of being seen together. Check out this video of Porsche’s …
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Conversation on Global Warming
A friend and I were discussing a mutual acquaintance who believes that the Earth is hollow – a radical theory to say the least. My friend writes: Of course, I’m more than dubious about this hollow Earth stuff, but here’s …
[The Vector] Rice University Creates Green Carbon Center
Rice University in Houston, Texas announced the creating of a clean energy think tank. It will study and strategize environmentally sound policies for current and for new energy sources. James Tour is heading up the collaboration. He is a Rice …
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Chevron’s Sponsoring the PBS NewsHour
A few readers have objected to my post suggesting that Chevron’s sponsoring the PBS NewsHour could warp the objectivity of the coverage of the energy industry. Most of these responses point out that I have no proof that Chevron’s presence …
Speaking Out Against the Madness and Demanding a Sane Energy Policy
One of my son’s courses at college this semester is the History of the 1960s. Helping him prepare for a test just now reminded me of those days of political and social awareness – how a generation of young people …
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A Concept in Geoengineering: Stop Burning the Amazon Rainforest
We’re starting to hear more about geoengineering, i.e., manipulating the planet’s climate as to undo the effects of greenhouse gases. No major actions have been taken to date, and the subject is so intensely debated that it is extremely unlikely …
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Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies: Tales from Launch Day
A funny thing happened when we launched Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies last week. Of course, I was hoping it would do well in the categories to which Amazon.com had assigned it: energy, engineering, and physics. And while it went …
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Greener Schools as Well as Jobs
Should the News Coverage of the Energy Industry Meet Chevron's Approval?
I don’t think of myself as overly suspicious of the motives of others. But I have to say that I recoil at the end of every PBS NewsHour when Jim Lehrer signs off and we’re told that the broadcast was …
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