Daily Tech has good article on the biodiesel market and the effect of ending subsidies. Basically, as the US government ends it’s $1/gallon subsidy on biodiesel it has become uneconomical to produce. Biodiesel producers, big and small, are shutting down. There are several ways to look at this:
Silly, knee-jerk free market types will say “good [...]
Techcrunch has published an analysis of VC funding in 2009. 4th quarter results look promising, with funding up 78% from the third quarter. We can hope that this trend will continue into 2010 and signals the return of venture capital investing. It is interesting to note that evne with the large amounts invested in Q4 [...]
Looks like the Toyota domination might be shrinking a little. New challenges are arriving from Honda with their new Insight competing against the Prius, and Ford with the new Fusion Hybrid competing against the Camry Hybrid.
Car and Driver had a recent comparison test, and picked the Fusion as their favorite. I’ve [...]
We swore in a new president today, and with that, hopefully a new approach to energy and the environement. It’s fresh, and limited, but here is the official plans: (Link at the bottom.)
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The energy challenges our country faces are severe and have gone unaddressed for far too long. Our addiction to [...]
By implication, that means less money for start-ups in the next few years. Companies are going to be forced to look for alternative capital sources. The big question will be, where? Consider what it cost to start a company like Facebook. Now consider what is involved in producing bio-fuels, or [...]
We are told that although solar has made considerable strides in its march towards this Mecca, we are not quite there yet. The magic number for modules, say they, is $1; at a buck a watt. At that point it will finally be cheaper to produce subsidy-free electricity from a module than buy it from [...]
“According to Vectrix, the Vx-1 costs just one cent per mile to operate (the equivalent of 357 mpg), compared to 50 to 87 mpg for most other gas-powered scooters.
It’ll also do 0 to 50 in 6.8 seconds, so it’s not your granny’s scooter.
Weighing in at 515 pounds, with a 60-inch wheelbase, the Vx-1 is powered [...]
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Honda says they will have an electric motorcycle on the market in 2 years.
Why focus on electric motorcycles before a viable electric car? Says Fukui, “History shows that motorcycles [...]
I’m a big fan of biofuels if the come from a smart feedstock. I don’t know enough about aquaculture to know if this is the answer, but it’s certainly a compelling argument.
Citing the work of Robert Glenn, a plant biologist at the University of Arizona, two biologists argue in this week’s Science [...]
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