The fight against renewable energy
It’s hard to image that someone actually does not support renewable energy. But it’s true, in fact there are those hard at work lobbying against federal incentives for the renewable energy industry. [Read more →]
It’s hard to image that someone actually does not support renewable energy. But it’s true, in fact there are those hard at work lobbying against federal incentives for the renewable energy industry. [Read more →]
The impending economic recession is consuming our attention, time and headlines. What is being ignored is one of its greatest contributing factors—the 7-year ”vision recession.” This serious downturn in innovative thinking, strategic planning, forethought and progressive leadership has left this country searching for a direction other than down. While the vision recession ”trickled down” from the administration, the flood waters were released by those in Congress who sought to maintain the status quo and protect their own careers [Read more →]
“Seinfeld” experts may remember ”The Opposite” episode, where George Costanza realizes that all of his instincts in life have been wrong. To correct his life, he decides that success lies in doing the exact opposite of what he would normally do. Instead of seeing a beautiful woman and doing nothing, he decides to approach her with total honestly and gets a date. During job interview with the Yankees, instead of being polite and agreeable, he tells off George Steinbrener and lands the job.
Well America’s real”George”, President George Bush, may do well by adopting the “Constanza Policy” for himself. Clearly his natural instincts have proven wrong time and time again. [Read more →]
3TIER, one of the world’s largest independent providers of assessment and forecasting of renewable energy, launched its “REmapping the World™” initiative by unveiling the first-ever seamless, global wind map, to be viewed for free online. [Read more →]
There is some great competition going on in the auto industry with German car maker VW one-upping the Toyota Prius by unveiling its Golf Hybrid getting almost 70 miles per gallon. The Golf Hybrid emits just 89 g/km of CO2 vs 104 g/km for the Prius and 116 g/km for the Honda Civic Hybrid. VW expects to start selling the Golf Hybrid in Europe at the end of 2009. No word yet when they will appear in the U.S.
Will Detroit get into the act before the Golf hits U.S. markets? Or will they wait until ultra high MPG foreign cars take more market share.