The future of oil hinges upon whether or not technological advancement can outpace the surging demand from emerging nations, writes Daniel Yergin for the Wall Street Journal today . Yergin, the pulitzer prize winning author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money Power , isn't optimistic that technology can keep up. Since he published his book in 1991, he says two things have changed. Climate change and price volatility are forcing governments to rethink their dependence on oil.
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My favorite design critic, Alice Rawsthorn, has a great piece on the INDEX awards in the weekend New York Times . Alice shows why INDEX is giving awards to non-profits like Kiva which offer micro-loans to the poor, allowing them to grow out of poverty. Phillips won an award for a new wood-fired stove that cuts down on toxic smoke and pollution. Better Place won an INDEX for a new system of charging electric cars. The why? Alice explains that design has evolved to design social systems that
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Botanical Name : Petunia ( Ruellia carolinensis) Family : Solanaceae Other Name :Named from petun, Brazilian name for tobacco, to which Petunia is allied Kingdom : Plantae Order : Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus : Petunia Habitat: Petunia is a trumpet shaped, widely-cultivated genus of flowering plants of South American origin, native to Argentina Origin, The origin of P. x hybrida is thought to be by hybridisation between P. axillaris (the large white or night-scented p
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, an estimated $8 million to support the deployment of charge infrastructure and electric vehicles (EVs) in the San Diego region that is part of eTec’s project awarded $99.8 million in Recovery Act funds from the Department of Energy. ( Earlier post .) As eTec’s proposed project to the US Department of Energy is anticipated to deploy up to 2,550 charging statio
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As to date, an increase of 50% on hybrid car demand has been observed since it entered mainstream market. It’s no surprise how much of an effect they have had on the average driver and consumer but it seems that hybrid is definitely the future of the automobile industry; so much so, in fact, that it’s also not a shock to see hybrid car rental companies sprouting up here and there. On the Rise Surprisingly, car rental companies that support environmentally friendly cars were around even befor
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