Adaptation

The planet is changing. The cockroaches will be fine, but what about us? See what these PF Members are doing to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Washington Post
Warren Brown, automotive columnist for the Washington Post, thinks we will see all sorts of ways to be energy efficient due to the increase in gasoline prices and the limited availability of oil. He told Planet Forward his vision for the future at... Read More
Ford Motor Company
Sue Cishchke, Group Vice President of Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering with Ford Motor Company, talked to Planet Forward at the Washington Auto Show Policy Day on Capitol Hill about its all new plug-in hybrid and new line of... Read More
After President Obama’s State of the Union address calling for a modest cut of just $4 billion in welfare for oil companies, the focus on this insanely wasteful spending has intensified. It’s the right proposal, but one that will encounter very... Read More
Argonne National Laboratory
Don Hillebrand, Director of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, spoke to Planet Forward about their new diesel engine that will use low quality, low octane gasoline at the Auto Show Policy Day on Capitol Hill.
Hot air rises. Cold air falls. We all know this. Then why do we have diffusers in our ceilings that allow the hottest air (winter) in our rooms to rise up through them into the duct work above our ceilings? When our ac units cool our rooms they also... Read More
Vroom, vroom! Look for this car on the racetrack--it's the fastest electric car on the market! It has the speed and power of most race cars, but has little to no impact on the environment!
Planet Forward
There is a lot of talk surrounding electric cars at this years' auto show, but until charging stations are readily accessibly, will drivers really feel comfortable with the idea of a battery-powered vehicle? Project Get Ready is trying to allay that... Read More
I believe we should produce a vast network of desalinated water pumping systems, that is powered by clean energy (wind power, solar power, nuclear power, wave/tidal power, hydroelectric power and geothermal). The network would include vast high... Read More
The Eco-safe Top Slider Window safely allows air to circulate indoors. This window can be safely left open during the daytime and cool nighttime hours, totally cutting down the use of air conditioning in the warm spring, autumn, and summer months.... Read More
Natrual Philosophy Alliance
Build a safe and stable macro atom a centimeter in size to store enormous numbers of electrons producing an energy density storage device far exceeding hydrocarbons. A relatively cheap proof of concept experiment would test the feasibility of this... Read More

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