In response to my piece on society’s migration to electric vehicles, Dan Conine writes: There needs to be a build-down of the sprawl simultaneously with the build-out of charging stations. Once they meet, the fringe will still have gas and …
Author: Craig Shields
2GreenEnergy – Taking Off for the East Coast
Next week finds us in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York – pursuing deals with a few companies with hot ideas in the renewable energy and sustainability space. The bad ideas I receive seem to keep getting worse. Someone …
The History Channel: Disappointing Coverage of Energy
I just put a piece on Renewable Energy World regarding the History Channel’s coverage of energy. As usual, last night’s show was very well-produced; it must cost a fortune to get all that in place with the wonderful special effects …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, green energy, History Channel, neutrinos, Renewable Energy, solar energy, solar panel, solar power
AeroVironment (AV) – In The News As Always
AeroVironment is one of my favorite companies. Founded about 40 years ago by the late Dr. Paul MacCready, AV still shines on brightly with its many powerful innovations in electronics and flight. Most notably, these people are quite successful; they seem …
[The Vector] From the Private Sector: American Business Leaders, including Bill Gates, Call for Immediate Renewable Energy Push
What’s Wrong Inside Toyota?
I spoke with a couple of the people promoting the 2012 release of the Prius plug-in hybrid yesterday at the 2010 Plug-In show. Gosh, this seems like a strange concept. Its all-electric range? 13 miles. The net effect for the …
Tagged with: BMW, business debacles, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, hybrid electric vehicle, Mini E, Mitsubishi i-miEV, Nissan Leaf, PHEV, Plug-In Show 2010, Prius, Toyota
Where Is the Electric Vehicle Industry Going? Judging by the 2010 Plug-In Show…
The 2010 Plug-In show, featuring the latest in electric transportation, is now in the books. I spent yesterday at the event, meeting people, interviewing key industry players, and taking in all that the show offered. But while I enjoyed the …
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[The Vector] More from the Private Sector: Google – A Company Heavily Involved in Clean Energy Efforts
Pay It NOW — In Energy Policy — Or Anywhere Else — It's Wrong To Pass Burdens On
More people each day are disgusted with the course our civilization is taking. Whether your main concern is social injustice, proliferation of nuclear weapons, environmental ruination, white-collar criminality, the decay of morality, growing rates of addiction to recreational and psychiatric …
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[The Vector] Small Wind Turbines Make Advances with Ordinary Americans
The EIA chart below shows the percentage of all energy and renewable energy categories produced and consumed in the U.S. Note which are the leading categories of renewables and the relationship to wind.
Tagged with: alternative energy, AWEA, clean energy, green energy, Renewable Energy, The Vector, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
