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Gin and Jellyfish? You Might Be at a Bar in Singapore.

Baua Electric

In those strait-laced colonial days, it was improper for women to imbibe in public, so a bartender formulated a cocktail that looked like fruit juice. In the cocktail world, Singapore almost inevitably evokes the pink, gin-based, grenadine-spiked Singapore Sling , a drink born in 1915 at the stylish Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel.

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How EV Charging Stations Can Help Your Business Attract and Retain Employees

EV Connect

Charging at work also means that employees can skip the installation (and public charging) and juice up their EV at work. A recent study by Unily showed that 83% of employees feel that their company is not making enough effort to fight climate change. Think again!

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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

Many worry about finding a way to get power to an electric vehicle during a natural disaster, but what is not discussed is how electric vehicles can provide power during an emergency. Nissan, the Japanese-based company, saw an opportunity to utilize their fully electric model Leaf to assist in these disasters.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

Inspired by President Obama’s election and the collapse of the ponzi scheme economy, I decided to work full time, pro bono, on the issues I cared about most – climate change, renewable energy, energy conservation and sustainability. Money talks and money motivates. Time for me to get back to work. See you around campus.

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What Does Henry Waxman Know About Climate That Made Him Quit?

Creative Greenius

And that absence of hope comes from a career in DC and being able to smell the crazy juice being guzzled down by the corporate right and their shameless suckups and sycophants. . Congressman Henry Waxman receiving environmental award at 2013 Earth Day Celebration, Manhattan Beach (c) Joe Galliani. Fair enough, Henry. Go in peace.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Here we go again.or

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