Some drivers in Japan who push the Prius’s efficiency to its limits… a bit overkill for me.
Environment
Archived Posts from this Category
Politicians, Energy, and Hot Air
An interesting insight into the [lack of] governmental will to make a difference, highlighted by this wonderful data point:
Indeed, the standards are too lax to begin with: Ford’s Model A from the late 1920s would comply with today’s CAFE standards.
In summary, many plans, few actions.
Technorati Tags: energy, solar, exhaust, government
It appears that we do need to have some inspired ideas but the auto company’s claims that efficiency is so hard it isn’t economically feasible once again fall on their nose. Doing things the same way as we always have just doesn’t work out well.
British Columbia should be lauded for their new requirement – zero carbon release from coal power plants. Yes, it’s going to be hard, but it is something worth doing.
Technorati Tags: power, carbon, greenhouse
A new coaliton for building plug-in hybrids… hurry up, guys, I want to buy one…
BP has come up with a new process (they call it Mono2) that increases efficiency in the same footprint and cost as previous silicon panels… mid 2007, eh? That’s something to shoot for.
Technorati Tags: solar
All those ‘preapproved’ notes? They’re supposed to quit arriving after you tell people to quit looking at your credit report unless you tell them to… by signing up at optoutprescreen.com or calling 888-567-8688.
I hope it works…
If true (sorry to be the cynic) replacing the gasoline engine could be really wonderful… my concern is that it simply doesn’t sound like enough energy to go the distances (500 mi.) they claim. It would appear to require efficiencies far above current car technology… not that there’s anything wrong with capturing those, just hard to do. If they really have this kind of capacitor, it could make solar home or business sense as well.
Let’s hope it is for real.
Technorati Tags: battery, electric+car, solar
New Scientist Tech has a writeup on a new fluid for fuel cells that can hold more hydrogen than liquid hydrogen itself – very cool. Go, scientists, go!
Technorati Tags: fuel+cell, hydrogen
