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Thursday, November 08, 2012
The German government plans to put one million electric vehicles on the market by 2020. With less than 4,600 registered, is there any chance they'll reach their goal?
Tags: Germany, cars, electric cars, Volkswagen, VW, autobahn, green autos, vw beetle
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The expert opinion is that climate change is happening, but what's the perception on the street among DC's highly educated population?
Tags: climate change, Washington DC, climate knowledge
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Driving cross-country is a time-honored American tradition, but what about driving all those miles in an electric car?
Tags: electric cars, Tesla, EV, model s, roadster, truck stop, rv park, charging station
Thursday, November 15, 2012
This week on Bloomberg West we featured an innovative new toilet. Yes, you read that correctly. This toilet, designed at Cal Tech, is intended for use in the developing world and hopes to make the water there cleaner and healthier.
Tags: water treatment, clean water, toilet, cal tech
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
This week on Bloomberg West we featured an innovative water treatment project developed at Stanford University. The researchers are not only cleaning up our oceans, but they say they can produce energy from it, too!
Tags: Water, oceans, nitrogen, dead zones, rocket science, stanford university
The George Washington University
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
As infrastructure ages and disasters become more common public grids start to become unreliable. Local microgrids may be one solution.
Tags: smart grids, disasters, microgrids, dr shalom, blackouts, local grids, smart energy
The George Washington University
Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Nissan Leaf is popular with EV owners, but how do electric cars fit in a multi-car household?
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Nissan Leaf, electric cars, LEAF, Nissan, EV, npid, national plug in day
The George Washington University
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Cities aren't seen as breadbaskets, and GW students aren't often pegged for farmers, but GW student Jesse Schaffer and the Food Justice Alliance buck the trends.
Tags: urban farming, food justice, farming in dc, food justice alliance, poop farm, soggy bottom poop farm
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Fire up the grill! This week on Bloomberg West we feature Thermoceramix, a company that has developed an innovative spray-on coating that generates heat!
Tags: electricity, heat, Bloomberg West, Thermoceramix, grill, steak
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Government oil use mostly goes towards the military, but with prices on the rise an alternative is becoming essential.