Newsweek magazine has published a hagiography of GM Vice Chair Bob Lutz. This one-pager, Bob Lutz: The Man Who Revived the Electric Car, focusing on his role in resuscitating the electric car after GM’s efforts to kill the electric car. The 75-year Lutz is given the last word as to his vision. Detroit’s horsepower jockey […]
Entries from March 2008
Newsweek thinks Lutz is no Putz …
March 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Newsweek thinks Lutz is no Putz …
Tags: automobiles · hybrid
Talking Environment to America’s Baptists
March 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Talking Environment to America’s Baptists
Al Gore talked to the Southern Baptist Convention with a somewhat unheralded talk that, reportedly, went over strongly. From Robert Parham’s editorial at Ethics Daily.COM, Gore Delivers Most Important Baptist Address in 30 years Former Vice President Al Gore delivered the most energetic, substantive and potentially transformative speech made by a Baptist to a Baptist […]
Tags: Al Gore · Global Warming
Energy Cool: Spend a week WIRECing
March 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Energy Cool: Spend a week WIRECing
This coming week in Washington is a hot one when it comes to renewable energy, as the United States hosts the Washington Internation Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). WIREC is a combination of official ministerial (and other government) meetings and presentations; a business conference about renewable energy developments; a trade show; some real interesting looking “official […]
Tags: renewable energy · solar cooking · Solar Energy
Solar Cooking at WIREC
March 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments
This coming week in Washington is a hot one when it comes to renewable energy, as the United States hosts the Washington Internation Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). WIREC is a combination of official ministerial (and other government) meetings and presentations; a business conference about renewable energy developments; a trade show; some real interesting looking “official […]
Tags: renewable energy · solar cooking · Solar Energy
Beyond Petroleum … to what?
March 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Beyond Petroleum … to what?
British Petroleum has made much in recent years with advertising that “BP” stands for “Beyond Petroleum”. The latest news from this fossil-fuel giant indicates that “Beyond Petroleum” is becoming a question: “Beyond Petroleum to what?” Todd Hayward, BP’s Chief Executive Officer, has put the Corportion’s green businesses on the auction block. The price tag he’d […]
Tags: alternative energy · business practice · oil · renewable energy