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  Happy Hybrid Anniversary

  08.03.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  It has been a year since I purchased a Honda Hybrid back in July, 2008 and this entry is the annual report of that experience. In a year of commuting, the car has clocked around 440 miles (~700 km) per week during the commute. The conditions have changed steadily over the course of the year […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Is Algae the Answer?

  02.20.09 | Permalink | Comments Off on Is Algae the Answer?

  If you’re wondering what’s happening in the bio-fuel space, you’re not alone. The collapse of the ethanol market has seen producers constrain their production, shut down plants, and shelve plans for new plants. The problem? Someone finally did the math. Click the chart to the right to enlarge; it’s pretty clear that algae is the […]

• Energy

  Car Wars

  01.18.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  As many of you know, my personal mission is to “Be A Good Ancestor.” I use that as my lighthouse to help guide my decisions, large and small. As a consequence, we have compact fluorescent lamps in our sockets, we recycle stuff (more than the obvious paper, aluminum, and glass – clothing, toys, household items, […]

• Energy, Innovation

  SF Solar Map

  12.23.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on SF Solar Map

  The San Francisco Solar Map put together by CH2MHill is really cool. Go check it out, it has installations and case studies. One nit however, it totally misses the biggest and most impressive PV installation in the city – the roof of the new California Academy of Sciences building in Golden Gate Park. Presumably they’ll […]

• Energy

  Oil Market is Rigged

  12.06.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Oil Market is Rigged

  Oil will still burn us in the long run In mid-July I penned an entry that gasoline prices would be $8.59/gallon by this time. Well, the last fill up I had was $2.21/gallon. By now I should know better than to predict a rigged industry. I find it very curious that gas prices are functionally […]

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