Posts tagged with: electricity

Nationalization. Catch the Fever!


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Marc Vander Maas
posted by on Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Everyone seems to be going ga-ga over nationalization in the US these days, and why not? Heck, it seems to be working pretty well for Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.

Blast from the not-so-recent past: Maxine Waters on the domestic oil industry…

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The Devil is in the Details


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Marc Vander Maas
posted by on Thursday, July 3, 2008
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Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought.

Plug-In Hybrids Are Not So Green


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Jordan J. Ballor
posted by on Thursday, October 26, 2006
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The Wired.com blog Autopia passes along this NYT story outlining some of the fundamental challenges facing plug-in hybrid electric cars. The basic formula for the appeal of such hybrids is as follows: “The electric system runs mostly on coal, natural gas and uranium, all relatively plentiful. Cars run mostly on oil, oil and oil, which lately has been expensive. Wouldn’t it be nice to connect the two?” And as attractive an option as this might be, the NYT story writes that “despite the hopes of policy makers, engineers say there is no prospect of this happening in the near future.”

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