The following five Friday facts come via an Economix blog post on NY Times. Carbon emissions from San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, California were the lowest among American metropolitan areas, but “are still more than four times the emissions in the brownest Chinese city (Daqing) and 10 times as high as the household [...]
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Five Friday Facts
June 25th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in China, Conservation, Eric Wilson 
Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Coal, Energy Conservation, New York City 
No Comments »Mexico Looks to Export Wind Power to US
May 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson As a follow up to a previous post about China and the clean energy economy, American Public Radio’s Marketplace carried a story on renewable energy in Baja California. Wind production on the peninsula holds potential for future development of the region. In light of news that regulators approved the United States’ first offshore wind project, [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, California, Electricity Generation, Geothermal, Wind Power No Comments »“A Graphic is Worth a Thousand Words”
May 15th, 2010 Justin Manger Source: Washington Post
Posted in China, Clean Technology, Graphics, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: High Speed Rail, Trains No Comments »More Signs Point to China Leading the Second Green Revolution
May 12th, 2010 Eric Wilson It could just be that the United States will not be the leader and China will be a recipient of the US’s lack of leadership on this issue. Thomas Friedman’s op-ed from late last month, as a well as another recent New York Times op-ed, point to the clean energy sector that has blossomed in [...]
Nuclear Power Revival in U.S.? Perhaps, but Look East…
May 6th, 2010 Justin Manger According to the the Trade Fact of the Week from the Democratic Leadership Council, energy generated around the world breaks down roughly into these categories: 175 quadrillion BTUs from oil, burned in various refined states to run the world’s transport industries. 130 quadrillion BTUs drawn from coal for electricity. 110 quadrillion BTUs from natural gas [...]
Posted in Business, China, Clean Technology Tags: Department of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy, Nuclear No Comments »First Off-Shore Wind Farm in U.S. Approved
April 28th, 2010 Justin Manger The U.S. today took a long delayed step toward catching up with China and the EU in using strong and steady ocean breezes to provide electricity. The highly contested Cape Wind project, which has been under regulatory review for nine years, finally got the green light to be built off the coast of Cape Cod, [...]
Intel Pushes Farther into the Energy Sector
April 21st, 2010 Justin Manger “Intel’s new device can read your dryer’s mind.” That’s how Wired put it in a recent article on the microchip company’s push into the home, car, and energy consumption markets. As the IT (information technology) and ET (energy technology) revolutions continue to merge and feed off of each other, Intel stands at the crossroads. The device [...]
Posted in Business, China, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Justin Manger, Smart Grid Tags: Energy Conservation No Comments »Five “Good” Friday Facts
April 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson Earlier this week we posted a piece about the future of biofuels. From that same source comes the following facts about oil consumption. Although a bit dated, this data still maintains a certain level of relevance. In 2003, transportation worldwide burned up almost 500 billion gallons of crude 192 billion gallons of diesel 307 billion [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Japan, Transportation Tags: Bio-fuels, Diesel, Oil Consumption No Comments »Thomas Friedman Doesn’t Believe in the Second Green Revolution
February 10th, 2010 Justin Manger Late last year Thomas Friedman was interviewed by Anne Strainchamps on Wisconsin Public Radio’s To The Best of Our Knowledge. The focus of the interview was the current green revolution, what we have taken to calling the second green revolution. He argues that everyone must participate if this is to be considered a true revolution. [...]
Poll: The Future of Automobiles
January 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson Yesterday’s post about the Chinese automaker BYD’s announcement at the Detroit auto show begs the question about the future of the automobile. What does the coming decade hold in store for the automobile? Share your thoughts by answering the following poll: What will the future of the automobile industry look like? (polls) – Eric Wilson
Posted in Behavior, China, Eric Wilson, Polls, Transportation Tags: Battery, BYD, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid, Prius No Comments »
