Cash For Clunker Appliances Is Here! In late 2009 or early 2010, the government is going to give rebates when you purchase new Energy Star labeled appliances. The rebate ranges from $50 to $250. Most likely, the rebate programs will take effect at the beginning of 2010. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced [...]

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World’s Second Commercial Solar Tower Plant The PS20 solar power tower is part of the Solucar Platform, located in Sanlúcar la Mayor, Seville. It has the capability to generate 20 megawatts (MW) of electricity. This is enough to power up 10,000 homes with clean energy. The builder was Abengoa Solar. The solar tower was put [...]

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GM Chevy Volt Boasts 230 MPG! It is now official that the Chevy Volt has an EPA rating of 230 MPG in the city, as announced today by GM CEO Fritz Henderson. The combined city/highway average will be more than 100 MPG. The Volt should get up to 40 miles on electricity alone, on one single charge [...]

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The Solar Car Challenges A solar car is an electric car that is powered by solar panels. Photovoltaic cells convert sun into energy. Are solar cars ready for primetime? Probably not for most of us. That is, unless you you are ready to shell out $117,000 plus tax. If that’s not a problem, you might [...]

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Today’s Shopping List — Twenty Years Worth Of Incandescent Bulbs! Light bulb socialism has spread rampantly across Europe. European consumers are not exactly embracing the light bulb legislation that has been imposed upon them. In Germany, citizens are flocking to hardware stores to buy traditional light bulbs, and not compact flourescent bulbs.  The Der Spiegel (July 27, 2009) [...]

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Electric Rate Hikes Due To Softening Of Industrial Demand Electricity is vital to economic success. Electricity is essential to businesses and residential areas across the United States. There are more than 3,273 traditional electric utilities in the United States, and continually growing. The U.S. Commercial Average Price per kilowatthour was 9.65 cents in 2007. The [...]

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Bolivia And The Lithium Rush Bolivia is supposed to have an abundant supply of lithium, and maybe half of the world’s reserves. U.S. automakers, among other foreign competitors, would like to conduct business with Bolivia. It is very probable that the next generation of cars will use lithium batteries in electric vehicles. Bolivia has nationalized its resources. [...]

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Oil Fields In Wall Street What’s driving the price of oil? Is it really supply and demand? How did the price of oil go from $69 to almost $150 in such a short period? Especially at a time when there were no reports of oil shortages? If the media had any answers they ignored their responsibility to the [...]

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Chevy Volt: The Hungry Green Machine   The NAIAS has been in existence since 1907. While there is much enthusiasm in 2009, a bleak economy has restrained the usual glitz and glamour that usually accompanies the annual show held at the Cobo Center in Detroit. The big three automakers are betting on electric vehicles to revive [...]

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Economics Of Ethanol Politicians have one goal in mind. That is to get elected. Rhetoric is geared toward getting the votes. For instance, Hillary Clinton voted 17 times against ethanol, that is before she decided to run for president. Since then, it seems that her stance on ethanol has changed. Legislators want to promise farmers ways [...]

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