Today is the 117th anniversary of Henry Ford’s first successful test drive of the automobile; his four-horsepower, 500-pound frame called the “quadricycle” (pictured here) ran on pure ethanol. Electric vehicles came along shortly thereafter as well, and enjoyed impressive market …
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Bicycling Addresses Urban Congestion, Public Health
Here’s a report on the increased use of bicycling in the U.S., pointing out that the demographic of white guys is the only one that isn’t experiencing huge growth. Hey, I’m trying to do my part! A gating factor, understandably, …
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From Guest Blogger Adam Groff: Are You Driving Off With Electric Vehicles?
Choosing an electric car over a gasoline vehicle saves the environment from harmful emissions, but there are other things to take into consideration besides Mother Nature. Although full electric vehicles are not yet widely adopted in the United States, the …
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Electric Transportation and Coal-Fired Power Plants
Here’s an article suggesting that electric transportation saves lives insofar as its environmental benefits reduce global warming, and heat causes more deaths each year. Sadly, this is an oversimplification. As long as coal is our lowest-cost base-load energy source, EVs …
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Tesla’s Meteoric Rise in the Electric Vehicle Space
What was I thinking not buying stock in Tesla when the company turned profitable? I was telling my daughter earlier this morning that missing this opportunity made me feel like a world-class chump. What to make of this whole phenomenon? …
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The Changing Paradigm in Personal Transportation
Here’s an article that underscores something I firmly believe: the concept of car ownership, a paradigm of the American lifestyle in the 20th Century, is on its way out. Just as a generation decided it no longer needed a telephone that …
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Taxing Electrical Vehicle Drivers
A friend sent me this piece on taxing electric vehicle drivers, and wrote: I haven’t seen anything that has gotten me this angry in a while. This is insane! And the comments so far seem to be reflective instead of …
From Guest Blogger Roger Abert: Eco Cars — The Promotion of Patents to Save the Environment
The growing realization that global climate change is a reality and that the motor vehicles for personal use produce about 10% of global emissions of CO2 (greenhouse gas), has spurred innovation in green technologies in the automotive industry. In addition …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Electric Transportation
Question: How many electric vehicles (passenger cars only) are predicted to be sold globally in 2017? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732 . Relevance: The United States is by far the world’s largest consumer of crude oil, accounting for more …
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What Are the Environmental Issues Associated with Lithium-Ion Batteries
Thanks to 2GreenEnergy supporter Don Harmon for alerting me to this wonderfully accessible piece on the environmental issues associated with lithium. If for no other reason, this is important because of the frequent argument that the potential for lithium shortages …
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