Tag: EVs

Glenn Doty is a vital part of Doty Windfuels, a company with a terrific future in synthetic fuels made from off-peak wind energy, water, and CO2. I’ve written about them extensively; they’ve been a wonderful client, whose business plan I …

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I’ve driven a few high-performance sports cars in my day.  I never owned anything more powerful than my current (ancient) BMW 540i, but I drove several of the Maseratis of the 1990s, before their regrettable hiatus on importing them to …

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I decided to take the train to Los Angeles this morning, rather than driving.  Even though this takes a bit longer, it has numerous benefits:  I certainly did right by the world by not using the gas, and I was able …

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When I have a few extra minutes, I blog on a range of other energy-related sites.  A reader of one of these, EnergyCollective.com, writes: Great article (meaning this one). It’s unfortunate that this piece couldn’t have been written ten years …

Electric Transportation — Why Now and Not Decades Ago? Read More »

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I know not everyone studies the well-to-wheels comparisons of fuel sources for transportation, and that there are people who harbor grave misunderstanding in the area.  Here, frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes: With our current grid, nearly 100% of the energy …

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Here’s a piece I just wrote for a client: “EV Profiler.”  Hope you enjoy. If you’re interested, please let me know. It would certainly be foolish to underestimate the challenge the world faces in migrating to electric transportation. Just like …

We Face Challenges in Migrating to Electric Transportation Read More »

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7prldEBpo&w=425&h=349] Here’s the presentation — including the audio track — that I made to the Electric Vehicle Summit at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles last week. In essence, my point is that, though I’m bullish on the …

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If you’re interested in some good thinking in the area of transportation, check out The Victoria Transport Policy Institute. As I wrote to my friend Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks who introduced me, this is a very solid approach to the …

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My presentation at the Electric Vehicle Summit in Los Angeles this morning went very well – though I’m always happy when gigs like this are over. To the degree to which I have a strength as a presenter, it’s the …

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I know I’m not Winston Churchill, but I try my best whenever I’m asked to speak publicly. Tomorrow should be interesting. I’m speaking at the Electric Vehicle Summit at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. If you happen to …

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