One of my colleagues is speaking at the Breakthrough Energy Conference in The Netherlands in a couple of weeks. When I spoke with him earlier today, I asked him what “breakthrough energy” means in this context, thinking that it must …
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Yesterday morning I did an interview for a young man in England, James Alcock, who writes for a consumer-oriented website called TheGreenAge.com. In a period of about half an hour, I answered various questions ranging from electric transportation to fossil …
As promised, I just did a phone interview for three engineering majors at Vanderbilt University who are studying the target market for our client Eos Energy Storage. We discussed the various ways in which this breakthrough in zinc-air batteries could …
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I have every confidence that the next decade will see the introduction of numerous kinds of urban commuter electric vehicles that shatter the paradigm of the automobile as we know it now. For obvious reasons, the auto companies – and …
YouTube is continuing its work in replacing television for casual viewing as it pushes into every imaginable niche, allowing users to find the video content they want with an exactness not previously possible, and taking mere seconds to do it. …
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When I signed my daughter up to take the SATs, the organization that administers the test asked if I wanted to receive, via email, the “SAT Question of the Day.” I eagerly agreed. I love little quizzes, and I look …
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I began to write a private email to my colleague Stephan Williams who is helping out with our “Corporate Role Models” blog, when I realized there is really nothing private about it at all. Here are notes on the industries …
Here’s a recently recorded hour-long interview with Fred Smith, CEO and Chairman of FedEx. He’s always impressed me with his extremely astute viewpoints on world trade. Obviously, I’m not as appreciative of his anti-regulation position as it applies to environmental …
FedEx Chairman Fred Smith on Energy, Environment, World Trade Read More »
I just got off the phone with a friend of a friend, who heads up the electric vehicle strategy at one of the largest utilities in the U.S. Here are some of the ideas we covered: • Especially in the …
Here’s a good article on the military’s use of biofuels. I remain concerned that: a) scaling these technologies to millions of barrels per day isn’t in the cards, and b) the risk to troops in the field guarding supply lines …
