- 2010 Green Energy Trends
There are some interesting alternative energy technologies being developed by private and public companies that may come to the forefront in 2010. There is a great article over at Business Week, highlighting 25 clean energy startups looking to change the way we live our lives for a cleaner environment and better future for generations to come.
- Decrease Your Carbon Footprint With Carbon Offset Credits
For your next birthday, how about a gift card full of nothing? With new carbon offset gift cards, charitable giving reaches new heights – rather than donating in lieu of a gift, you’re actually giving a gift that takes something from the receiver. read more…
- Grid Integration of Renewable Energy
There has been significant development of green energy generation technologies in the past couple of years. The emphasis however has largely been on the “generation" aspect of energy and negligible in the “transportation” aspect. read more…
- McCains Electric Car Battery Prize May Be A Bit Short Sighted
Republicans have favored “Big Oil” when it comes to energy policies and recently created quite a bit of criticism when they voted vehemently against taxing big oil’s windfall profit, even if it meant axing tax credits and subsidies read more…
- New Electric Hybrid Cars Coming, But How Green Are They?
Hybrid vehicles have caught the fancy of policy makers and the people in general. It is widely believed that hybrids hold the key towards unleashing a greener economy. However, a high cost read more…
- Smart Cars “Smart” In Europe, But Are They in the US?
Anyone who’s lived in a city knows the woes of fuel prices and parking hassles. We’ve watched the tank drain between stoplights and we’ve driven around the block for hours to find that illusive parking space, backing into treacherously tight spots in the hopes that somehow the trunk will shrink a couple of inches by the time we cut the wheel right. Then come those uniformed wenches read more…
- Green Chic Fashion Trends
From hippie to hip: “Green chic” isn’t just for tree-huggers
We, the people, love to shop. But on average, just sixth months after purchasing consumer goods just one percent remains. It’s true: 99 percent of goods bought by Americans read more…
- Green Living Begins At Home
Go into any grocery store, big-box retailer, or shopping mall these days, and you’ll notice "green" products practically jumping off the shelves into your cart. People are growing increasingly concerned about the state of the environment, and marketers have picked up on that fact. read more…
- Microsoft & Samsung Hyping Energy Efficiency Of Windows 7
These days every company is looking for an opportunity to tout their earth saving efforts, no matter how small. I’m all for incremental power savings because every little bit helps, but some of the companies go over board a bit. I’m not saying that’s necessarily the case here. With Microsoft based PC’s still dominating desktops across the world, even small improvements in power consumption can have an impact.
- Google.org Focuses On Green Energy With Recharge It & REC
Google has come a long way since its nascent days as a speedy search engine. Its employment of only the best and brightest has led to the successful development of programs like Gmail and Google Earth. They just think of everything, combining the best features of the programs in competition, without the glitches. read more…
- Walmart Helping to Lead Green Initiative in Corporate America
Not so long ago, "going green" was seen as something that was only important to granola-crunching hippies. Fortunately for all of us and the planet we live on, times have changed. As the effects of global warming and pollution become harder and harder to ignore, people have become more eager to do something about it. read more…
- Part I: Investing in Electric/Hybrid Car Stocks – Toyota (TM)
After several months of planning, designing and debugging Green Energy Trends, I’m happy to be writing the inaugural post for the investing section. I’ll be covering the latest trends in not only electric and hybrid cars, which I feel are on the verge of exploding in the popularity over the next couple of years, but other green energy themes read more…
- Barack Obama Vs John McCain On Ethanol
As with every other aspect of energy related legislation, there is no question in my mind that the renewable fuel plans put forth by both John McCain and and Barrack Obama are egregiously poor. read more…
- Barack Obama vs John McCain On Nuclear Energy
Without a question, to Senator McCain, nuclear fuels are the easiest to develop, and therefore best option on the table. His only hesitance when it comes to nuclear fuel read more…
- Senate GOP Denies Cleantech Funding
Record high gas prices and a fumbling economy should have had the US administration take corrective measures. However, the US senate voted against bills that would have revoked tax benefits for oil companies. The proposed measures would have also provided the necessary shot in the arm for the read more…
