Tech planet Journal is project of The Future 500. The Future 500 works closely with Rich and Liz Muller on global warming issues and the best ways to address the challenge. The most pressing issue as Dr. Muller sees things is that China and India already eclipse the USA in carbon footprint and will only [...]
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We need an Internet of Energy
We Need an Internet of Energy. We’ve all heard of the “prosumer” -that is the individual who not only consumes goods and services but also creates goods and services or content. Typically the term is used to refer to those who produce online content i.e. in reference to someone who creates a blog or [...]
GE Offers Prizes for Gas Innovations in China .
Wednesday GE announced a $100 million contest in China to fund innovative gas-energy projects. Click here for the story.
The challenges and best practices of pursuing low-carbon innovation
It’s been said often that, in the face of climate change, there is no silver bullet, only silver buckshot Climate change—and efforts to mitigate it—are creating an increasingly uncertain future for businesses. The long-term effects of a warming climate are enormously difficult to predict. In the near term, however, new policies, technologies, and market [...]
Change the Game: How a New Energy Alliance for Natural Gas and Digital Power Can Save the Environment and the Economy
Digital Energy is the energy freed up by information and communications technology. It isn’t just incremental energy efficiency – the kind most environmentalists and businesses think of. It is potentially transformative, as my colleague Tachi Kiuchi and I hint at in our book, What We Learned in the Rainforest — Business Lessons from Nature. Digital [...]
2012 Plug-in Prius 100 mpg, $32,000 price tag
The good ole’ Prius. Toyota, instead of reinventing the wheel has made the logical next step. It will prove profitable. There is little doubt, even in the midst of a very slow economy, that Toyota will sell each and every one of these vehicles. The price is reasonable, $32K, and it builds on hybrid technology [...]
2012 Plug-in Prius 100 mpg, $32,000 price tag
The good ole’ Prius. Toyota, instead of reinventing the wheel has made the logical next step. It will prove profitable. There is little doubt, even in the midst of a very slow economy, that Toyota will sell each and every one of these vehicles. The price is reasonable, $32K, and it builds on hybrid technology [...]
Climate smart agricultural practices needed – minister
International Relations and Cooperation minister hopes Durban conference ends with a commitment to provide farmers around the world with the technology support needed to engage in climate smart agricultural practices Click here for the story.
Praying for an Energy Miracle
Every clean-tech startup these days claims to have a breakthrough that will finally make renewable and clean energy sources cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels. But are we really on the brink of a clean-energy economy? Click here for the story.
Investing in broadband can slash energy costs
Broadband technologies can help in efforts to make a more sustainable world. Click here for the story.
