Posted on Tuesday September 22nd by Jebediah Reed | 457
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- For the first time in his presidency, Obama speaks to issue of global warming. It threatens “irreversible catastrophe” for future generations, he says, and he is “determined to act.” (AP)
- A small smart grid program in Fayetteville, NC, is producing about 20% energy savings. Consumers say how much the want to spend and a device hooked up to heavy duty appliances like water heaters and then cycles their use to meet that target. The program is a collaboration by IBM and Consert. (Green Inc.)
- Remember when we saw tangible proof that China was going to take over the world because they can make a $22k electric car and make it now? And then Warren Buffett invested? Well, they’ve sold a grand total of 100 cars in 8 months–about 3% of projections. Who killed this electric car? (Green Sheet)
- Climate Progress names the stupidest energy story of the year–and the winner is… Newzweek!1! For some fuzzy-headed nonsense about how Big Oil is now leading the fight against global warming by investing corn ethanol production and stuff. Truly quite a dumb and whoreish story. (CP)
- Surprisingly, though, that self-same news magazine showed some restraint in ranking America’s greenest companies, not automatically installing ExxonMobil at #1. Top 5: HP, Dell, J&J, Intel, IBM. (Newsweek)
- This week, the Taiwanese government took over operations of that country’s $15 billion high speed rail system. It was 80% in private hands and was going broke. With a similar outcome in Britain, Yonah wonders if private ownership of HSR is a bad idea… (The Transport Politic)
- On Monday, star NY Times columnist Tom Friedman, i.e. The Mustache of Understanding (please see image after the jump) correctly urged a boost in gasoline taxes. Yesterday he went golfing with Obama and Ray LaHood, both of whom need convincing. Can we presume he made an impassioned case out on the links–averting “irreversible catastrophe”, etc.? (Streetsblog DC)
January 18th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
[...] it work? The Times has failed with pay content in the past, but, frankly, that was because the mustache of understanding is just not worth fifty bucks a year (though I do like David Brooks and Paul Krugman). The entire [...]