Andy Hoffman. “If business isn’t developing solutions to our sustainability issues, they won’t be developed,” says Andy Hoffman. “If business is not part of the solution, there will be no solution.” Yes and No, Andy. Hoffman is director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. “The reality is that [...]
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Speaking of advocacy, could those coal trains from Wyoming use electric drive, to include kinetic energy reclamation in braking and suspension? Thanks ever so much, Warren & Bill.
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The Coast Guard was infamous for their cooperation with BP to restrict information about the Deepwater Disaster. So, who is in charge of investigating the latest oil spill in the Gulf? Got it in one, Defenders of Environmental Justice!
“Back at the front door, she turned to me. ‘I’ve never understood how a cheap dick like you can make ends meet in Southern California,’ ” wrote Stephen Potts, one of the hard-boiled prose winners in the annual Imitation Chandler competition held in La Jolla.
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Oceanographers have expressed concern that NOAA and other agencies have been slow to investigate the magnitude of the spill and damage to deep ocean areas.
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An Internet-based open platform is the basis for how this Electric Mobility Operator will manage public and private charging points.
The role of telematics in ascendancy of personal electric vehicles
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Small home projects, public private partnerships and LEED certification are methods to curtail inefficient energy use.
The genius Lily Tomlin once noted how hard it is to be funny these days, when satire can’t keep up with the number of people who miss it entirely and use it as a script rather than a warning.
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DENSO’s new voltage control method detects the average voltage of all cells and uses a simple logic circuit to detect if a cell is operating at a higher voltage than the average and making it discharge.
