The following facts come from a recent NPR story on the impending release of Chevy’s plug-in hybrid, the Volt. 10: Pre-production Volts being showcased for media 25-50: Range, in miles, of the Volt’s battery, depending on driving conditions. After that, the internal combustion engine kicks in to power the electric motor. 10,000: Volts to produced [...]
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Five Friday Facts: The Chevy Volt
October 22nd, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Transportation 
Tags: California, Cars, Chevy Volt, Plug-in Hybrid, Prius, Washington DC 
No Comments »I Left My Heart in San… Luis Obispo?
October 13th, 2010 Justin Manger It may not be San Francisco, but residents of San Luis Obispo, CA are quite taken by the lifestyle in this town of 44,000 people located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A Gallup-Healthways poll from 2008 found it ranked number one in overall emotional health in the U.S. What makes San Luis [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Green Building, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: California No Comments »Cleantech Open Competition for Today’s Challenges
September 18th, 2010 Eric Wilson Much like the X PRIZE, Cleantech Open is a competition designed to solve some of the greatest challenges in the realm of energy, the environment, and the economy. The Cleantech Open’s mission is “to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address” the aforementioned issues. Begun in 2006, it provides mentoring and funding for [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson Tags: California, Jobs, Stimulus Bill, X-Prize No Comments »September Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
September 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson The calendar of conferences and events for September has been updated. There are a number of events across the globe on this month’s calendar. Below are half a dozen conferences paired up in the following categories: Ecotourism, Biomimicry, and Green Building Conferences. Take a look and let us know of conferences, events, or festivals in [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building Tags: Biomimicry, Calendar, California, Portland-Oregon No Comments »California to Vote on Banning Plastic Bags (Updated)
August 31st, 2010 Justin Manger Update: The bill was not passed. The legislation failed on a 14-21 vote late last night. State lawmakers in Sacramento are poised to vote today on whether California should take the drastic step of becoming the first state in the Union to ban disposable plastic shopping bags. The bill has been the aim of a [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Education, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability Tags: California, Environment No Comments »Steuben’s Eco-friendly Food Truck
August 24th, 2010 Eric Wilson Watch the Travel Channel’s Food Wars: LA Food Trucks or tune in to Food Networks’ The Great Food Truck Race and you just may get a sense of how prolific these mobile restaurants have become. They are the hottest thing to hit gourmet food. No longer are these meals on wheels the bane of the food industry. [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Food, Los Angeles, Restaurants No Comments »Harnessing Solar Energy for Fuel
August 17th, 2010 Eric Wilson The sun’s energy powers just about everything. Sometimes it does so more directly, as in the conversion of radiant energy to electricity in photovoltaic panels, and others less directly, in the case of plant material that has morphed in petroleum and natural gas found in the earth’s crust. In addition, the sun causes the wind [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, California, Department of Energy, Energy, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »The Goats Are at it Again
August 5th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last year we wrote about Google’s use of goats to “cut” the lawn at their expansive headquarters in Mountain View, California. Perhaps it’s a “California thing”, but the private sector is not the only one employing these beasts of burden to chomp down growth. NPR reports that the city of Los Angeles has been using [...]
Gills Onions Produces “Green” Onions
August 1st, 2010 Eric Wilson Last year my father sent me an article from the Los Angeles Times about a company that was using its waste to partially power the company. I did not follow up on it at the time, but he called the other day (almost exactly one year after the original article) and said, “There’s this company [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, California, Carbon Dioxide, Los Angeles, Waste No Comments »Toyota and Tesla to Build Electric Rav4
July 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson With its recent Initial Public Offering (IPO), Tesla Motors has made a strong entry into the realm of publicly traded auto manufacturers. To ensure their long term viability, they recently announced a partnership with Toyota Motors to produce an electric version of the Japanese car maker’s Rav4. In fact, CNN reports that Toyota’s agreement with [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Japan, Transportation Tags: California, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Tesla No Comments »
