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Obama Admin Plugging In School Buses

April 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles. They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. Consider the average delivery truck and all its starts/stops. There is a lot of energy to capture there, which is why UPS is pursuing hybrids. And, as per Walmart and its hybrid trucks, they […]

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Tags: Congress · Energize America · Energy · government energy policy · hybrid · hybrid trucks · PHEV · politics · renewable energy · transportation

T. Boone: Why not get inventive?

February 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off on T. Boone: Why not get inventive?

T. Boone Pickens has been spending $millions (actually, $10s of millions) to promote The Pickens’ Plan which, while captivating to many, is a fundamentally flawed concept that could help nail the coffin shut on America’s future rather than, as he promotes, set the stage for something better. There are worthwhile elements in The Plan and […]

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Tags: Energy · PHEV · schools

Energize America: W5 Solution: PHESBs

January 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The draft Energize America “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” went out today. Let’s be upfront: it has some GREAT elements and some, well, pretty not great aspects. We are in a very serious situation, but the serious challenge is not just economic, but an intersecting set of challenges and crises in the very […]

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Tags: Energize America · Energy · energy cool · PHEV

Plugging in for a better tomorrow: the school bus ‘solution’

December 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles. They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. Consider the average delivery truck and all its starts/stops. There is a lot of energy to capture there, which is why UPS is pursuing hybrids. And, as per Walmart and its hybrid trucks, they […]

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Tags: analysis · automobiles · bus · business practice · emissions · Energy · energy cool · energy efficiency · energy smart · environmental · fuel economy · gasoline · government energy policy · hybrid · hybrid trucks · oil · peak oil · PHEV · political symbols · politics

Washington Post’s misguided outrage over Chevy Volt

October 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

After stridently supporting the Wall Street bailout, this morning’s Washington Post’s lead editorial launched a broadside against the bailout plan for the automobile industry. Amid this uneven editorial, which both raises legitimate questions and displays an impressive tone-deafness when contrasted with supporting bailouts for financial ‘tycoons’, is this paragraph: Congress approved $7,500 tax credits for […]

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Tags: automobiles · Energy · PHEV

Energizing America: Setting a Freshmen Agenda for Progress

August 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Energizing America: Setting a Freshmen Agenda for Progress

At Netroots Nation, six dedicated people joined to discuss Energizing America: Setting an Agenda for Progress. On this panel were three core members of the Energize America team and three Energy Smart candidates who are part of the effort to change the composition of Congress toward one more knowledgeable and concerned about creating a sensible […]

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Tags: Energize America · Energy · PHEV · politics

What to do about gas prices?

July 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on What to do about gas prices?

Americans United for Change has launched a campaign to Free Our Oil! While an interesting response to the Republican focus on lying to support drilling, I challenged this campaign, stating that this effort supports a quite dangerous framing of the problems and solutions. If we make this just about gas prices, we are caught into […]

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Tags: Energy · fuel economy · gasoline · oil · peak oil · PHEV · political symbols · politics · Uncategorized

“A path that can unite America …”

June 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Plug-in-Hybrid-Electric-Vehicles (PHEVs) offer “a path that can unite America,” according to David Sandalow, in his opening talk today to the Google/Brookings Institution two-day conference Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington? Oil prices are at record highs. The overwhelming dependence of our cars and trucks on oil strains family budgets, threatens our national security […]

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Tags: Energy · PHEV · transportation · Uncategorized

Energy COOL: PHEBs proving out …

May 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Okay, I am a big (BIG) fan of PHESBs: Plug-in Hybrid Electric School Buses. With all the (welcome) focus on PHECs (Plug-In Electric Cars) like the Volt, Prius, and others, the real potential for some gamechanging through fleets of large fleets seem to be falling by the wayside. In fact, school buses offer some quite […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · energy efficiency · PHEV

Lutz Can Be Such a Putz …

March 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments

General Motors’ Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz truly does not seem to enjoy being called out when he says absurdities.  There was a recent brouhaha over his  calling Global Warming a “total crock of s–t” in a meeting with reporters.  As the man seemingly converted, the driving force behind the Chevy Volt (a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) that […]

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Tags: automobiles · Energy · PHEV · transportation