alternative fuels

The New Alternative

Terry Tamminen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:47:35 -0400

Giving a speech at an alternative vehicle conference recently, I asked the crowd when they thought hydrogen, battery, or biofuels would be the norm and petroleum would be the “alternative”. Most hands went up at 20 years; some at 10; a very few at 5. None would have said “last year”.

AT&T Adding 15,000 Alt-Fuel Vehicles to its Fleet

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:47:31 -0400

AT&T, the bastion of telecommunications and...alternative fuel? The telecommunications giant is securing its transportation future by spending $565 million over the next 10 years for 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles-- the largest ever commitment by an American company to alt-fuel cars.

Easter Island Comes to Detroit

Terry Tamminen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:15:34 -0500

When I saw the photo on the cover of the NY Times this week of the congregation at the SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1

Waste Coffee Grounds Make Great Biofuel

Kit Eaton — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:29:07 -0500

As well as being the early morning fuel for billions of office workers, researchers have discovered that coffee, in the form of spent grounds, makes a pretty decent biofuel.

Vinod Khosla's Green Ventures

Richard Shaffer — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:23 -0400

Most of Vinod Khosla's environmental startups are efforts to reduce our dependence on petroleum -- both by making better use of oil and by finding other sources of liquid fuel. The rest address solar and geothermal power and desalination of seawater. Very broadly, his green-tech portfolio falls into three clusters: