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Posted in Environment, Future, Technology on Jan 8th, 2008
GM showed off it’s new Hydrogen fuel cell based "crossover" concept car at CES in Las Vegas this week.
The Provoq is built on the same E-Flex system that the electronic Volt that debuted at the Detroit show.
What’s special about this (other than the cool styling)? To quote GM:
The concept can drive 300 miles […]
Posted in Environment, Technology on Dec 31st, 2007
Remember my post on Honda’s new Hydrogen car?
Reportedly they are planning on mass producing this within 10 years according to Honda Motor Company President Takeo Fukui.
The major hurdle to the spread of fuel cell vehicles is the lack of facilities to supply hydrogen. Honda is developing a home-use system for producing hydrogen from […]
Posted in Environment, Technology on Dec 18th, 2007
Nanosolar, Inc. made their Nanosolar PowerSheets available for sale.
Why is this of note? How about being super cheap, ultra-adaptable, printed on pretty much anything and are forecasted to cost 30 cents per watt when manufactured at scale. Plus, you don’t need glass, silicon layers or special roof top assemblies.
This is huge in that […]
Posted in Environment, Technology on Dec 13th, 2007
Having lived in the Bay Area myself, I kind of wondered how a program of this size would work (those of you that haven’t visited SF, it tends to get pretty foggy).
However, Mayor Gavin Newsom is promoting a new plan that couples refunds and loans to advance the use of solar power. Under the […]
Posted in Environment on Dec 12th, 2007
Apparently the UK energy secretary, John Hutton, will announce plans to build enough wind turbines by 2020 to produce 33 gigawatts of electricity.
These sites will include the North Sea, Irish Sea and the coast of Scotland with each tower reaching as high as 850 feet in the air.
For more on this story, head […]
Posted in Environment, Future, Technology on Dec 11th, 2007
Toshiba announced the availability of a new battery that apparently recharges to 90% of full in under 5 minutes and has a life span of over 10 years.
Unfortunately, the battery will only be available to industrial markets first (such as electrical vehicles and well as other "industrial systems.
I’d love to see this technology make […]
Posted in Environment, Technology on Dec 6th, 2007
Yes, it’s getting closer to reality.
I just love it when enterprising people come up with ways to allow us to take more control over things that are important. One of those "things" is our reliance on gasoline and the companies/countries that produce them. I don’t know about you, but my discretionary income is being […]
Posted in Environment, General on Dec 5th, 2007
I love shots from space and stumbled across these provided by the European Space Agency.
After its closest approach to Earth, Rosetta looked back and took a number of images using the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera (NAC). If you click on the image, you’ll see the hi-res version.
This particular image was acquired 15 November 2007 […]
Posted in Environment, Technology on Dec 4th, 2007
Those of us that have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area or in Washington State have seen huge windmill farms used to generate power.
Current mainstream technology is expensive to maintain and generates less power than what is proposed.
Maglev Wind Turbines are built a bit differently using full-permanent magnets to nearly eliminate friction […]
Posted in Environment, Future, Technology on Nov 15th, 2007
Honda unveiled a production version of the FCX Clarity at the LA Auto Show today.
This is a "zero-emissions" car that will get the "gasoline-equivalent" mileage of 68mpg combined city / highway.
Honda is only leasing around 100 of the vehicles to buyers who live near one of its three hydrogen fuel stations in southern […]