Electrification of transportation — whether elevators, electric bikes, electric rail, or electric vehicles (HEVs, PHEVs, EVs) for the road (cars, trucks, busses) — represent a key transformational tool toward a clean-energy economy. And, they offer serious economic benefits from reduced oil consumption to potential export opportunities. The Obama Administration’s use of stimulus funds in the […]
Investing in infrastructure pays off: the electric vehicle example
July 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Will capping the well “put an end to the environmental disaster”?
July 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Words and framing matter. When we consider the situation in the Gulf of Mexico, with the disastrous gushing of oil due to the (seemingly) criminal negligence of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling, moving forward to ending the flow of oil into the Gulf would be a significant move forward and something that we want to happen. […]
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