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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

Creative Greenius

If you live in the city of Exxon/Mobil – I mean, Torrance, it will seem like an alternative universe full of knowledgeable, hard-working, committed, productive people in stark contrast to their mirror opposites on the Torrance Environmental Commission. Free, Clean, Renewable Electricity From The Wind: Visiting PacWind with Dency & J.R.

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Letter from Copenhagen

Revenge of the Electric Car

And we had a screening of “Who Killed the Electric Car&# at a film festival where Al Gore greeted us and had a few things to say about the culture wars. With a $40,000 tax on gas cars, and an exemption for electric vehicles, no wonder that some of northern Denmark’s wind farmers are driving Teslas in the field.

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

Maybe where you live it’s about quickly switching to wind power, or geothermal, or tidal wave energy or some other form of clean energy, but here in Greeniusland, PV solar is the high-speed ticket to carbon freedom. At the rate we’re going, following the course we’re on it’s not going to happen.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

GM’s centennial celebration in mid-September saw the unveiling of the production version of the Chevrolet Volt, still scheduled for appearance in showrooms in November 2010. Pickens’ plan includes lots of wind-generated electricity, ostensibly to replace the natural gas he would divert to vehicles.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

on a path to reducing emissions more than 40% below 2005 levels, per a Princeton University analysis of the measure’s impacts : expanded tax credits for EVs, batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. On a broad level, the IRA enacts the following climate change-mitigation measures which, taken together, put the U.S.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

It was there because the cover story was “Among the Ancients, Giant Sequoias of the Sierra&# Another article headline that made the cover, “Is Al Gore Our Great Green Hope?&#. The USA got the leap on everyone else with solar, wind and other fossil free energy as well as electric cars and other alternative fuel vehicles.

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