When I lived in Korea during the mid-90s, one of the simple pleasures in life was having everything delivered.  Whether it was the yogurt lady, adorned in yellow vinyl in case the tropical monsoon storms suddenly unleashed their fury; the dry cleaning cantor (when he came to our building, I thought he was loudly chanting [...]

I was amused when someone passed on this story of what some park rangers in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands are using to foil bikers who are off-roading illegally.  They are riding what you may be seeing a lot more of in the next decade:  the electric motorcycle.   Electric motorcycles are a [...]

Oh, to be a fly in the wall in Denmark right now with all the attention foisted on it due to the COP15 summit in Copenhagen.  There are many reasons why Denmark is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference.  The country has been successfully weaning its way off of fossil-based fuels since the 1970s.  Denmark [...]

Yesterday I went to the Plug-In 2009 show in Long Beach.  I was hoping to see more vehicles, but the evening was an interesting one.  There were vendors ranging from light-weight auto bumper makers to electric charging station manufacturers.   (more…)

Today President Obama announced that folks from various and industry groups are backing him up on his plan to reduce greenhouse gases and improve automobile fuel efficiency. (more…)