I realize that defending Toyota in February 2010 is like defending Richard Nixon in August 1974, but I’m about to do something that will make me about as popular at a Green Drinks gathering as a big juicy Costco steak.
I’m going to cut Toyota some slack.
I have not followed this story as closely as all [...]
The Green Tech Connect Forum in Pasadena was a success for so many reasons. One issue that I was thrilled to see addressed was the role of heavy duty trucks and equipment. In front of the Pasadena Convention Center, not only could you see buses, but trucks and hauling equipment was on display as well.
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Maybe I’m just bitter because I (finally, it took me 3 years) just watched the documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car, but I’m dubious about the Cash for Clunker scheme, which the Obama Administration and Congress has extended because of its crazy success.
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Everyone agrees that workers on public works projects should be paid a fare wage. And with all due respect to ditch diggers . . . solar and wind farms–or any renewable energy projects for that matter– don’t just need brawn. They need brains. Installing solar panels and other analogous jobs requires special training, which is [...]
We’re all in a tizzy over gasoline, oil reserves, air quality, will there be a GM next month, etc. The discussion over transport fuel brings out hysterics on all sides.
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The best professor I had in business school was the wisest. He once commented that only two things fuel the American economy: immigration and innovation. I was reminded of that last summer when I went to the InterSolar Conference in San Francisco—most of the vendors there were either German or Chinese . . . with [...]
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