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Westport: all of a sudden, everybody’s BFF
Posted by Tom Jackson on Oct 12, 2012
Paul Blomerus Until a few years ago Westport Innovations was a name only a few aficionados in the diesel engine ...
Methanol may be the best alternative fuel yet
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 13, 2012
In the seach for alternatives to gasoline and diesel as a transportation fuel, methanol hardly gets attention. But a 54 ...
Porche experiments with hybrid flywheel
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 12, 2010
If the Prius and other hybrid electric cars leave you dissatisfied, know at least that Porche is tinkering with an ...
Spain’s green jobs experiment a bust
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 25, 2009
And yet we're heading down the same path. A report concludes that these "green" jobs require government subsidies to the ...
New mini-nuke plants look promising
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 24, 2009
Today's Wall Street Journal has a must-read article on the potential of the new small-scale nuclear power plants. Says author, Bob Metcalfe, they ...
Green jobs smackdown
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 03, 2009
Despite all the yada-yada about a new economy built on green jobs and environmental technology, the numbers are questionable. Thus quotes ...
Volvo’s electric/diesel car for 2012
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 01, 2009
Maddeningly short of details, is this announcement that Volvo (the car company, not the equipment company) has set up a ...
Natural gas: the fuel of the future
Posted by Tom Jackson on Apr 30, 2009
If you care about energy, energy independence, global warming, or the U.S. trade deficit, there is a must-read article on ...
Micro-turbine powered car
Posted by Tom Jackson on Apr 27, 2009
This is far yet from production, but an intriguing idea nonetheless. The benefit of turbines is that they can run on ...
Prospects look good for sustainable ethanol industry
Posted by Tom Jackson on Apr 06, 2009
The appointment of alternative energy insider Steven Koonin to the position of Undersecretary of of Science at the Department of ...
Pickens’ plan: run heavy trucks with natural gas
Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 10, 2009
Regardless of what you think about oilman T. Boone Pickens, he's spot on when he says we should run our heavy ...
The next bubble to burst
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 18, 2009
Government meddling in the housing market was clearly one of the reasons the housing market turned into a bubble and ...
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