Oil Giant Looks To The Future

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Oil Giant Looks To The Future

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Pop quiz: Which company can lay claim to the title as the world’s largest producer of Geothermal Energy? Times up- If you guessed oil giant Chevron, you’re right.
Chevron is in fact the world’s largest producer of geothermal energy, a renewable resource that generates near inexhaustible power while producing virtually no greenhouse gas emissions.
In Indonesia, […]

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Tags: alternative energy · transportation · Oil · Energy efficiency · Hydrogen · Renewable energy · Business

Four day work week

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Birmingham, Alabama is shifting to a four-day, ten-hour-a-day work week.
Another great energy savings idea. If everyone did not do their commute (average of 30 miles one way) one day a week, that would probably be at least a 10% reduction in miles driven. (If you figure that commuter driving is one half […]

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Tags: miscellaneous · transportation · Inspiration · Initiatives

Nissan Aims for “Greener” Pastures

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Automaker Nissan has announced word of its forthcoming Green Program with the byline: A symbiosis of people, vehicles and nature. By model year 2010, Nissan hopes to sprinkle a few new environmentally friendly additions to its model line in the form of a 3-liter automobile which would consume only 3 liters of gasoline per […]

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Tags: alternative energy · electric cars · transportation · Business

The Plot to Save the Planet

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been reading a brand new book by Brian Dumaine from Fortune and Time and other august establishments. It’s called The Plot to Save the Planet
My first response to reading this was “Wow!”
There are a lot of different organizations working from many different angles trying to come up with products ands methods to […]

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Tags: miscellaneous · alternative energy · hybrid cars · environment · fuels · ethanol · electric cars · wind energy · transportation · photovoltaic solar power · Building · Climate change · Solar power · Algae · Energy efficiency · Ethical investing · Architecture · Renewable energy · Nuclear power · Business · Solar thermal power

John McCain Proposes Energy Crisis Incentives

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

John McCain is putting his money where is mouth is when it comes to solving the country’s energy crisis. Well maybe not his money per se but the point remains. The Republican proposed a $300 million government prize today to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. If you […]

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Tags: alternative energy · hybrid cars · fuels · ethanol · transportation · Energy efficiency · Initiatives · US presidential elections