As I have been predicting, there are going to be developments that we don’t see coming and will turn conventional wisdom on its head. Well, here it comes!!! Buckle up. Change is going to happen faster and faster. Here‘s the key point: ” a then-audacious campaign to make solar power as cheap as electricity from coal. “Frank van Mierlo holds his…
OK. So this article is kind of wonky and I don’t really get all the science in it. But, what it says is that at Stanford they have developed an apparently simple and inexpensive way to make all kinds of plastic biodegradable. This could be an enormous development for the health of the planet. “researchers at Stanford and IBM Research…
Considering how much financial damage is now already occurring around the globe due to a changing climate, it is surprising to see how so many investors continue to ignore the implications on their own financial security. Or maybe it is encouraging to view this in the opposite way and see how many investors are waking up to the fact that a changing climate…
“If the Rain Comes They Run and Hide Their Heads” said the Beatles 50 years ago in their song Rain. And now it is coming in much greater quantities over shorter periods of time much more frequently. Unfortunately, our infrastructure has not been constructed with this new normal in mind. It’s too late now for our current systems to handle what is…
136. That’s how many years that the global temperature has been measured. And this is going to be the hottest one since 1880. This post continues to follow the theme of what a changing, warming climate means to YOU and other humans around the globe. My recent article about Rain Bombs seems to be playing out in Louisiana unfortunately. It is…
So many of the incredible technologies and medical breakthroughs we enjoy today and are making our lives better have either been due to basic research done by the our Federal government or funded by it. Some of this has been done by the DOE (Department of Energy). The following is a very exciting example. If successful, the results of this…
In the past there has been discussion amongst our transportation groupies about the use of precious metals and the restraint that it could have on the mass adaptation of electric vehicles and battery power storage. Therefore, this development sited below from Honda is a potential game changer. “Honda Motor Co. has developed a new electric motor for hybrid vehicles that tackles…
Out of the blue, this appears to me to be pretty big news. No one seems to have seen this important development coming. We’ll have to watch and see how it plays out and the impact it will have on fuel economy and the industry. It seems like it could be a major driver (pun intended) of decision making at…
Being from Chicago myself, (actually, Highland Park) I find this article to be of special interest. And since so many of the people who get this blog are also from this area, I figured that it would also be worth sending it around. Besides, the project is designed to be a model for the rest of the country. …
Hello to all my transportation friends. Hope your summer is going well. I thought this news would be of some interest. Nissan develops e-bio fuel cells for 2020 Tech is safer, cheaper, automaker says June 20, 2016 Hans GreimelTwitter YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. has developed a new kind of fuel cell technology it says is safer, cheaper…