One of the most useful ways to measure how efficiently we use energy is to calculate how many units of energy are required to produce a unit of wealth - this is known as energy intensity.  In theory energy intensity can be measured in a variety of ways, but a useful convention is to divide [...]

Al Gore has said Americans are addicted to “short term thinking.” He is correct. Even in the business world, which is presumably rational, timelines often stretch no further than the next quarter’s earnings reports. To think ahead by spans of generations or more is not very common.
Sadly, however, Al Gore fails to emphasize - for reasons either [...]

We have never simply posted a press release, but they remain essential to keeping track of what’s going on out there. Today we received two press releases, almost back to back, that have a lot to do with each other.
The first one announced a major new partnership between Caterpillar, “the world’s leading manufacturer of construction [...]

We’ve reported before on TREC, “The Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation,” an initiative that campaigns for the transmission of clean power from deserts throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.”
The mission of this group, affiliated with the Club of Rome, is to promote the construction of high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines throughout Europe, the [...]

The parallels between the internet revolution and the 21st century green revolution are many, but the most salient perhaps is this:  Wonderful progress is going to come out of this boom, but lots of business models and products are going to come and go, and we’re going to look back at many of them and [...]

After visiting the GM technical center last April, which resulted in the feature story “GM’s Volt EREV,” it was clear the next big step for the Volt would be to get the actual production design batteries into prototypes and onto the test track.  That step has been taken, with an official announcement by GM Vice Chairman [...]

It would be fitting, after just reporting on a recent appearance by Former Vice President Al Gore (ref. Al Gore and Innovation), to review his latest book “The Assault on Reason.”  The premise of the book is that modern mass media constitutes a relentless march towards “one way conversations,” where money and power dictate what radio, [...]