Project Appleseed Update

by Jonathan

It has been quite a while since I told you about our “Project Appleseed.” Well we ran into a little trouble. We ordered the pines on September 15th as promised, but our trees did not like us. We tried to plant them in a pot so that we could plant them in the ground later. [...]

The Future of Energy

by Daniel

Many people are very excited about future energy sources and our transition to get away from fossil fuels. It seems like almost every day you hear about a new advancement in alternative energy or some new initiative or incentive to use more environmentally-friendly energy sources. Everyone seems to think that potential uses for many of [...]

Coal the New Clean Fuel?

by Jonathan

Hope you had a fantastic and relaxing Thanksgiving Day. While enjoying my turkey day something crazy happened! I saw a commercial! Yeah, that’s not the crazy part. The content of the commercial was what made me look at the T.V. with my head cocked to the side with a confused look the same way your dog does [...]

Tesla Roadster Revisited

by Daniel

It has been six months since my last article about the Tesla Roadster, so I thought it was about time for a quick follow-up. Tesla Motors has since sold out of their 2008 model due to huge demand. Among big name purchasers of the first Roadsters were Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Tesla Motors [...]

How Can a Nanosolar Be So Big?

by Jonathan

The greatest advancements in technology are when you create a product previously though impossible at a price that seems impossible all while making a profit not thought possible. These things don’t come around too often but when they do, they stick out like a sore thumb… well a happy sore thumb. 
An example of this is [...]

Women Are From Venus

by Jonathan

The book “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” was very popular among women, but no one ever questioned that women are from a lava encrusted planed that would cook any normal man. 
At 863.33 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus is a very hot planet. Not nearly as easy to get a close look the way we [...]

A Whirlwind of Energy

by Daniel

Have you ever seen those videos of tornadoes destroying everything in their path on The Weather Channel? You know, the ones where you’re wondering how it is that the person is actually able to stand there and continue videotaping it when all logic says they should be ducking for cover in their basement… Well, have you [...]

NYSE & CDC Launch New Carbon Exchange

by Jason

As early as 2008, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange called Euronext and the French bank called Caisse des Depots (CDC) has announced plans to launch a trading market dealing strictly with carbon. 
As of late, the larger exchanges within the United States have been keeping their eye on the global carbon trading market. The reason being? It [...]

Chevy Volt Plug-in Hybrid

by Jonathan

What would happen if there was a car that could take you to work and back without ever going to the gas station. Or if you could drive the distance of Michigan’s Lower Pennisula from Ohio to the Mackinac Bridge… and then all the way west to Wisconsin on one tank of gas. Or even [...]

NBC Universal – Green is Universal

by Jonathan

Walking around all of the orange and brown is nice for a change. Happy Halloween. I hope that you had some fun, but we are now back to Greener Thinking. While watching TV this week something caught me by surprise. NBC is having a “Green Week.” 
What is this you ask? Well I can’t tell you, [...]