Max Gladwell

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Carlist.com reports from the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Symposium in San Jose, CA, breaking news about Tesla’s new sports compact design.

Tesla Announces Sports Compact
“The big news is that Tesla is also planning a sports compact car. The powertrain is in the prototype stage now, but Tesla is expecting sales of up to 100,000 units [...]

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Santa Monica Community College offers six courses in “Environmental Living”
It’s tough to remember the last time a piece of junk mail not only didn’t frustrate us but was actually a pleasure to receive. Just minutes ago, we arrived back to the office and went through the ritual weeding of junk from non-junk. (This despite already [...]

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Anticipating the infrastructure demands of electric vehicles, General Motors cozies up with utilities.
Last month, GM announced it was breaking up with Big Oil. It went down like this: “We’ve had this great relationship for many years. We think we will both be a lot happier and healthier if we see less of each other.”
Sources tell [...]

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We can all find common ground on issues surrounding global warming, even if the points we agree on have little to do with climate change.

In Part 1, we made a key distinction about the how and why of debating climate change. We argued there’s only one way to win, and that’s to persuade as opposed [...]

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Al Gore gives a speech on clean energy, describing the moral imperative to free ourselves from dependence on fossil fuels.

Vice President Al Gore’s speech today set a goal to power the country on 100 percent zero-carbon electricity within 10 years. This comes on the heels of his endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama, which prompted [...]

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Without a serious shift in government policy and regulation, our individual efforts could be for naught. Plus, we call for a ban on any statement that starts with “If everyone…”
The cliché takes many forms. We’re lead to believe that small changes add up to big impacts. Green media is full of impressive facts and huge [...]

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Matthew Simmons is an investment banker and author specializing in oil services and world markets. His 2005 predictions have largely come true. What else does he know?
We read Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy in 2005 when it was published. It’s not exactly a page turner, but there’s [...]

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European telecom provider Orange offers a motion-driven cell phone recharger.
While you’re dancing energy is powering the nightclub, you can also be recharging your cell phone. Actually, the new kinetic cell-phone recharger from Orange is intended more for outdoor music festivals.
From AdRants: “The Orange Dance Charge is the result of months of research into alternate, sustainable [...]

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