TameBear: Sustainable WorldAppropriate science and technology for sustainable life on planet Earth. A TameBear weblog.(Untitled)- March 10, 2006 Falling Carbon Fiber Costs Key to High Car Fuel Efficiency: Advances aimed at replacing most of the steel in cars with lightweight carbon fiber will lead to higher gas milage. A good example: Loremo of Germany makes a very light weight aerodynamic two-cylinder diesel car that gets over 150 miles to the gallon! Oak Ridge National Laboratory via FuturePundithttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/sustainableWorld/2006/03/10.html#a763 (Untitled)- March 9, 2006 The Many Faces of Solar Power: Browse this photo-essay of several companies that are using a variety of approaches to cut the cost of PV cells, develop new materials, and produce new products to make solar electricity more cost-competitive. CNET News.comhttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/sustainableWorld/2006/03/09.html#a762 (Untitled)- March 9, 2006 Plug Pulled on Renewable Energy Gurus: In the "Words vs. Action" category, this story about layoffs at the National Renewable Energy Lab demonstrates the sharp contrast between Bush's State of the Union rhetoric and reality. 31 experts in the industry were dismissed just seven days after Bush's "addicted to oil" speech in which he announced a so-called "Advanced Energy Initiative." Denver Post via Renew Energy Bloghttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/sustainableWorld/2006/03/09.html#a761 |