Archive for the 'alt-e news' Category
100% Carbon Free Electricity by 2018
We need a massive increase in electricity generated from alternative energy.
Here’s Al Gore’s vision:
City Utilities End Coal Fired Electricity Contracts in California
In what is hopefully the start of a new trend, several Southern California cities have decided not to renew long-term contracts for coal-fired electricity, choosing instead to turn to cleaner sources of electricity.
$402m Tidal Energy Plant For New Zealand
New Zealand’s Northern Advocate reports that a US $402 million (NZ $600m) proposal to generate electricity with 200 tidal-powered turbines submerged at the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour could get under way next year. The harbour is one of the largest in the world. It’s a broad shallow harbour covering an area of over three [...]
Clean Coal or Dirty Coal?
When President Bush said “America is addicted to oil”, he could also have said that America is addicted to coal.
Plug-In Hybrid Campaign
I encourage everyone to sign this online plug in hybrid campaign urging automakers to produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The petition basically says, ‘If you build it, we will buy it.’ Plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles are key to energy independence and reducing pollution.
