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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 of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Alternative Energy'
The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama, Part III
November 22nd, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 5 Comments
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: drive. [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive · Online Video
Electric Mini Cooper: A Week of Emissions-Free Driving
September 22nd, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 9 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 are [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive
GM Unveils the Production Version of the 2011 Chevy Volt
September 16th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 6 Comments
General Motors takes the wraps off the production version of the 2011 Chevy Volt. Can this save the company?
DETROIT – General Motors launched its next 100 years today by unveiling the much-anticipated production version of the Chevrolet Volt – a vehicle that delivers up to 40 miles of gasoline – and emissions-free electric driving, with [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive
Code Green: Hot, Flat and Crowded
September 11th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 3 Comments
After reading the first chapter of Thomas Friedman’s new book, we’re eager to read the rest.
Thomas Friedman’s new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America, was recently released. He’s been promoting it through so many speaking engagements for months, and he’s still on the circuit. Having [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Global Warming · Media
Congress Considers Offshore Drilling, Broader Energy Policy
September 8th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 2 Comments
Democrats and Republicans outline a compromise on offshore drilling that largely moves energy policy in the right direction. Can it pass? If so, will Bush sign it?
The Democrats picked the wrong battle at the wrong time with offshore drilling. It should never have been allowed to become a so-called wedge issue because it’s effectively a [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Policy · Politics
Ten Ways that Social Media and Sustainability Align
August 18th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 7 Comments
The mega-trends of social media and sustainability share plenty of the same DNA.
The Arnold Palmer is an exceptional beverage. It takes two individual beverages, iced tea and lemonade, each very good in their own right, and creates an even better one. That’s how we feel about social media and green living i.e. sustainability.
There is nothing [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Sustainability · Web 2.0
GM Could Be Serious About “Gas Free.” A Look at the History Behind the Chevy Volt.
August 14th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 9 Comments
General Motors appears to genuinely “get” the need to build more sustainable and forward-thinking vehicles. Can they deliver before the clock runs out?
The clock is ticking. Will GM revamp its entire product line to more fuel-efficient models? Will the line include viable alternatives to petroleum and internal combustion? Can all of this happen before GM [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive
Is Paris Hilton Reading Max Gladwell’s Energy Policy?
August 6th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 3 Comments
Hilton proposes a reasonable solution to offshore drilling and the energy crisis. Where have we heard that before?
By now, you’ve all seen the Paris Hilton video (heh, heh), where she responds to the McCain campaign’s desperate attempt to paint Obama as a vacant celebrity by associating him with…vacant celebrities. We Tweeted about the McCain ad [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Humor · Online Video
Up to Speed on California’s Hydrogen Highway
August 5th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 1 Comment
The California Fuel Cell Partnership releases its vision for our transition to fuel-cell vehicle commercialization. Just give them another 15 years.
It seems to us like hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles is one of those revolutionary technologies, like nuclear fusion, that’s always 15 years off. Auto manufacturers have been accused of using fuel cells as legislative lip service, [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive
