Systems platforms for electric vehicles and biofuels
There is a need for intelligent, scalable and competitive systems solutions for electric vehicles and biofuels. I have previously written about www.betterplace.com. There are a few more globally, for instance, www.e-laad.nl. However, the rate of investment in renewable energy infrastructure is ridiculously low. We have the peak in oil production behind us and we rapidly [...]
Too Bad We Cannot All Agree
There seems to be a consensus among sustainability experts, politicians, economists, and the general public that the measures that are taken in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by 2020 are sufficient also to meet the needs created by Peak Oil. Even Peak Oil alarmists, who foresee dire consequences as the [...]
Low probablity
It is about as probable that a UFO will land on the White House lawn and give us a blue-print of the energy systems of the future, as it is that the market will be able to drive large scale energy transformation with speed and precision. Planned and managed transformation programs will become necessary in [...]
Path Dependence
The QWERTY keyboard was originally designed to slow typing down so that the keys on typewriters would not constantly jam. With computers we no longer have that problem, but we keep the same keyboard. Economists call this phenomenon “path dependence.” The term is used when past investments, such as training of a lot of people, [...]
Global Energy Denial
In the past few years the insight has arisen among an increasing number of energy experts that we are facing a problem with energy supply that had not previously been anticipated. This regards the issue of Peak Oil and the fact that we are not going to easily and inexpensively have access to large volumes [...]
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 [...]
Wanted: Industrialists in Global Energy Transformation
Over the past decades as sustainability experts have measured pollution, calculated emissions and driven the energy debate a large number of experts have gathered in fields related to sustainability. These experts have spent substantial amounts of time building knowledge about the problems that we are facing: Pollution, climate change, and, more recently, Peak Oil. We [...]
President Obama Sends Pro-GET Signal
The recent appointment of the GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt has been interpreted as a general pro-business signal. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/business/economy/22obama.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Jeff%20Immelt&st=cse The appointment can also be interpreted as a preparation for large scale energy systems transformation. Mr. Immelt has been one of the key individuals behind the organization American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org) that in mid-2010 published a [...]
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