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All cars hybrid by 2020 ?

According to a study carried out by IBM’s Institute for Business Value – Automotive 2020: Clarity Beyond the Chaos – and quoted by EcoGeek, all cars may be hybrid by 2020. This is reinforced by the fact that Toyota, the leading car maker and producer of the global success Prius (pictured left), has previously stated …

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Google invests in Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Google is really interested in renewable energy sources. After putting millions in solar and wind energies, they are this time investing in harvesting the ground’s energy. Focusing this time on a specific technology called Enhanced Geothermal Sytems – EGS for short – Google is putting 10.25 million USD (7 million euros) on the table. EGS …

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… and in China too ?

After last week’s article on the decreasing demand of SUV in the United States, my dad sent me an article mentioning a Chinese plan on taxing more large cars. Even if this is not due to contribute much to the country’s objectives on cutting pollution and fossil fuel energy consumption, it is always an additional …

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The end of the large cars era in the United States

One of my favorite US environmental blog – The Daily Green – published today an interesting article with a lot of data on how Americans drive less and shift to smaller cars. With as much as 800,000 less barrels per day consumed in the first half of the year and decreasing miles driven for eight …

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Three exciting news on solar energies

In less than two days I came across three exciting news on how both solar thermal and photovoltaïc are moving toward worldwide in many ways. With today’s article we will go from the United States to Germany and we will conclude with India. We will tackle both markets and technological issues. These energies are still …

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Coal demand is increasing and due to keep on doing so

You perhaps think that with the rise of renewable energies and the new era of nuclear power, coal demand is decreasing and that this energy will soon be a relic of the past ? Sorry to disappoint you, but according to Clean Technica, the reverse is occurring as to them : ” coal demand is …

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Time to slow down…

I remember that Meryn once stated that slow was a keyword of our future. It seems he was right as Treehugger published a most interesting article on that phenomenon. With slow food, homes, cities, travels, flying (!), design, fashion and cars, my guess is that taking one’s time will indeed be a cool green thing …

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A new MIT technology to produce hydrogen

I never have been a fan of hydrogen-based energy solutions. Indeed, using energy to produce hydrogen that will produce electricity seems a tad too complex. This may change with Professor Daniel Nocera from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who found a fantastic solution to produce Hydrogen in a much more efficient way. This …

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High oil prices are slowing down globalisation

When I was studying international management at Audencia, we talked about how high oil prices could slow down globalization and that we may go toward glocalization. It seems it was quite a correct reasoning as according to a most interesting article from the New York Times, it is already occurring because of current oil prices …

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Better Place : an interesting project of hybrid cars

Even if oil prices decreased during the last weeks – as I write these lines they are around $120 at the NYMEX – there is no doubt they will soar again and reach $200 in the very next months. Since our transportation habits are depending so much on this energy source, it is high time …

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