http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8769620/site/newsweek/ How to Live Without Oil New energy sources and efficiency could make petroleum obsolete. By Amory B. Lovins ...
Thanks for the link. What Amory has been pushing for a few years now, leveraging material science advances. Two points: The whaling industry did not have major...
... I am one of the people who did a poor job on this front. I did succeed in getting a few more comments than usual from GM and others as to why GM was...
1. I've always assumed that safety was the primary reason for not being able to incorporate flywheels into most HEV or PHEV effort. With the difficulty of...
... Yes, in many ways the Mad Max films, and others like them, with their focus on world-calamity and the harsh economics of transportation and fuel, are sort...
A few thoughts: I guess human calorie-burning can be viewed as an alt-fuel, along with electricity, Propane, Natural Gas, Biodiesel, etc. This is a bit of a ...
Interesting ad on the back page of the first section of the LA Times today. Full page, probably cost well north of $100K. The ad introduces the Solstice, a...
.... for stable and more reliable grid operation, apparently.... http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050801/15677.html?.v=1 Press Release Source: Beacon Power Corporation ...
... If the bearings were somehow frictionless, and the energy transfer in and out were somehow wireless, then the flywheel could whirl about on its gymbals...
It's funny that you should see this and bring it to our attention. We seem to be going through a period, maybe the first among several, where the Detroit...
"If you voice doubt for the excuse than they could claim you're not businesslike and willing to listen to their legitimate expense issues" Or you could first...
http://www.greencar.com/index.cfm?content=dialogue3 Green Car Journal Online Dialogue > On efficiencies, energy, and why we need electric cars Paul MacCready...
Some of the LA-based BEV drivers here might want to know about this Media-Attack-By-Conspicuous-Omission-Of-Mention on one of the best sources of electricity...
Heard a new (to me) Toyota Prius add on the tube last night. Instead of the “you never have to plug it in” line, I heard “half gas, half electric”. ...
Lee, In regards to this new Toyota campaign calling their Prius "half gas - half electric", we need to call them on it. Below, I've copied an exchange between...
Could be they are gearing up for a potential Prius+ model. CalCar has been gaining lots of momentum in the news lately with their Prius+. James ... [Non-text...
Taking them to task is a good idea. Patting them on the back and asking for more details is another. Great Toyota, a half electric car. When can I get mine?...
How about using a term like "electric assisted". For the Prius you could say "electrically assisted for increased performance and efficiency". Or in the case...
I don't get it. First, people jump up and down complaining that Toyota will never move toward a plug-in hybrid. Then, when Toyota starts a marketing campaign...
Forbes, It's not about getting behind Toyota on this, it's about telling the truth. I know, that's a rather naive statement considering we're talking about car...
I thought everyone made some good points. Like Lee, I took it as a good sign that Toyota seemed to have shifted a little of their thinking toward trying to...
Hi Paul, I understand your points, but please see comments, below ... truth. "Truth?" The truth is that the Prius uses both an ICE and an electric motor for...
We need to keep in mind that the Prius is the best of the gasonly hybrids. Judging from what's come along in it's wake, it will remain the "greenest" and most...
There's lots of education to be done, and plug-in hybrids are clearly a much better alternative than today's hybrids, which use only gasoline for fuel. It's...
Anyone who has driven a BEV (like an EV1 or a RAV4 EV) and a Prius would certainly have a notion that they are different. The average member of the public...
How about all of us EV nuts and all of the Rainforest Action people and all of the Sierra Clubbers and a few dozen of the other similarly motivated groups,...
Sounds like a plan worth 100% seriousness to me. Forbes ... Join the "Bicycle Restoration Group" at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration ...
The flip side is this: I can't tell you how many people who, when I've talked to them over the years about EVs, have said, "I already drive an electric car-...
... the ev ... sense of ... I guess I am a "the glass is half full" kinda' guy. I know that we will never wake up one morning to discover that society has...
