When CNET’s respected “Future Tech Blog,” authored by Michael Kanellos, reported last week that Miasole intended to go public in 12 to 18 months, we decided it was time to take a closer look at this promising manufacturer of thin film photovoltaics.
Like Nanosolar, Miasole (pronounced mee-ah-so-LAY) relies on CIGS technology.  CIGS, short for ”copper indium gallium selenide,” [...]

We’ve been electric car fans for a long time, and the relationship between Feel Good Cars, located in Toronto, Ontario, and EEStor, located in Austin, Texas, is too intriguing to ignore.  Feel Good Cars manufactures the ZENN (zero emission no noise) “luxury neighborhood electric vehicle.”  According to the ZENN specifications, this two-seater car has a top [...]

Yesterday another prominent businessman, who I admire greatly, has weighed in on the potential of biofuels.  In a presentation delivered at a forum hosted by the World Trade Organization, Ted Turner said “biofuels could do more than fight problems like pollution and global warming.  They can also provide wealthy countries a means of keeping their farmers in [...]

Last week, Richard Branson announced some of Virgin’s profits will be plowed into developing alternative energy, up to as much as 3.0 billion dollars.  This is a good and noble thing to do, but also requires discussion.  What if all those profits are invested in the hydrogen fuel cell sector (a very inefficient use of funds), or into biofuel plantations that [...]

Such is the moniker applied to biofuel by none other than a commentator for the BBC, in an opinion piece posted today entitled “Biofuels:  Green Energy or Grim Reaper?”
We have always been optimistic about the potential of biofuel with a couple of big qualifiers:  They do not always offer a positive economic or energy payback, [...]

We have learned that Nanosolar, possibly the most credible aspirant to developing the next generation photovoltaic panel, has partnered with Conergy Group, arguably (among other things) the biggest installer of photovoltaic installations in the world.
Needless to say, this partnership constitutes a huge endorsement of Nanosolar, since Conergy Group would not have gotten involved with them unless their [...]

We’ve been challenged recently to defend our somewhat unconventional view of environmentalism.  After all, if you believe that most of the conventional wisdom held by typical environmentalists is wrong, are you still an environmentalist?
The answer is yes, yes, yes, absolutely and resolutely, yes.  We don’t believe in half the things that we’re supposed to believe in [...]