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Reflections on the Decade II: Biofuel Boom and Bust

January 5th, 2010 by Max Gladwell · 5 Comments

The biofuel industry went through a boom and bust not unlike the dot-com era. Can Biofuels 2.0 revitalize the broken industry in the twenty-teens? The previous decade will be remembered for giving birth to the clean tech movement and more specifically the business opportunity in green technology. When we look back, the 2000s will be [...]

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Tags: Alternative Energy

The Energy Matrix – A Solution to Pollution

August 25th, 2009 by tomsavage · 7 Comments

By Tom Savage of Bright Green Talent and Simpletom Who would have predicted the world of science fiction films would prove so prophetic? Our planet is being over-run by machines and we need people like Arnold Schwarzenegger to save us. In the world of the film The Matrix, robots, machines and other perennially nasty automatons [...]

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Tags: Alternative Energy · Economy · Global Warming

The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama, Part III

November 22nd, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 5 Comments

Of all the problems the new Obama administration faces–health care, national security, the economy, global warming–none is more pressing than energy. No sooner than the 270th electoral vote was confirmed, bloggers and reporters started to wonder aloud about President-elect Barack Obama’s energy plan. In his campaign, the talking point boiled down to $150 billion dollars [...]

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Tags: Alternative Energy · Charity

The Ultimate Green Hack: An Electric MINI Cooper

September 27th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 5 Comments

Hybrid Technologies hacks production cars like the MINI Cooper and re-brands them as electrified green machines. Driving an all-electric vehicle takes some getting used to. First, you have to remember to plug it in at night. Next, you have to get over shifting and the very sensation of shifting, because there’s just one forward gear: [...]

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Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive · Online Video

Electric Mini Cooper: A Week of Emissions-Free Driving

September 22nd, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 10 Comments

We have the Hybrid Technologies all-electric LiV Flash for a week of testing prior to the Alt Car Expo in Santa Monica. Hybrid Technologies needed a place to park its all-electric Mini Cooper, otherwise known as the LiV Flash, for a week between the Emmys and Alt Car Expo. And we’re happy to oblige. Here [...]

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Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive