Network of Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Cannot Serve All
By the end of 2011 the Chicago area will have 73 charging stations of electric vehicles, more than any other region in the world. Sadly these are built to serve mainly Japanese vehicles and many other makes cannot be charged using this rapid-charging technology. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0216-charging-stations-20110216,0,4310432.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20chicagotribune/views%20(chicagotribune.com%20-%20Most%20Viewed%20Stories) There is a need for standardization of some interface technologies, [...]
Exxon Struggles to Find New Oil
Exxon says of 100 barrels of oil that it has pumped during the last decade it has replaced only 95. Also, as many of us know, the oil that is found now is more costly to produce than the oil that has been used up until now. Read the full story in the Wall Street [...]
Saudi Oil Reserves Overstated
Saudi Arabia, the country that produces some eight to nine per cent of global oil production with more than eight million barrels, and has been hoped to be able to increase production to off-set reductions in the production of other countries, has overstated its reserves. http://www.newser.com/story/111638/peak-oil-looms-saudi-supply-overstated.html This makes Global Energy Transformation an even more pressing [...]
Only By Setting Ambitious Goals Can Great and Unexpected Things Be Achieved
An article argues that Obama’s goal of 1 million plug-in electric cars and hybrids by 2015 is doomed, because car manufacturers are not prepared to commit to those numbers. This may be true based on the outlook from today’s horizon, but it is only by setting high-level “stretch-goals” that unexpected events may happen and rapid [...]
