Transportation
In 2009, Arequipa, Peru closed its most important commercial corridor to car traffic. The pedestrianization project is part of the city’s larger vision to modernize transit services, develop a bus rapid transit corridor, and build additional... Read More
Create Solar Powered Charging stations for cars and vehicles and place them over an area.
Doug Simon Architecture
INFINITE RANGE THROUGH BATTERY EXCHANGE
THE PROBLEM:
The highly limited driving range of even the newest electric vehicle continues to disappoint. And expecting someone who is travelling a long distance to lose valuable time while their vehicle... Read More
Former member of the Cleveland Electric Vehicle Association
Why do we have to have new car models, and lots of them every year? A lot of energy is consumed in the process of redesign, new tooling and the manufacturing of steel and new castings. My idea is to manufacture is to standardize annual models and... Read More
The sustainable conference Oxford held discussed many ways to change the land use in our community. These ways will make Oxford less dependent on energy by implementing more bike routes, walkable routes and shorter distances from point A to point B... Read More
Planet Forward
At the National Press Club meeting November 29th, Energy Secretary Steven Chu explained the risks the United States is facing as it continues to lose its footing as a world leader in science and energy. In this segment, Secretary Chu takes audience... Read More
National Geographic and Planet Forward
This post was originally published on The Energy Blog, a project in collaboration with National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge.
by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson
When folks think of fast electric cars, Tesla is the first to come to mind.
New competition aims to change the game.
The Li-Ion Motors Wave was a winner in the Automotive X-Prize two-seater class. But the Wave is a commuter car.
The Li-Ion Inizio is... Read More
Independent
My idea works with his push to develop our natural gas resources. To remind you that imported oil cost the US $700 billion every year. This transfer of wealth correlates to lost purchasing power of the dollar, economic hardship on our citizens and... Read More
I’ve talked about it before: how much running on a treadmill and using gym
equipment actually harms the environment. Though the main focus of visiting a
gym is to focus on bettering your own body, there is little awareness of how much
electricity... Read More