The Daily Sprout
New Transmission Lines Coming for Renewables: Southern California Edison has started work on a $1.8 billion expansion of its transmission lines geared specifically to accommodate renewable energy projects – Cleantech Media.
100 Ways to Improve Your Mileage: For those of you unfamiliar with the competitive sport of “hypermiling,” hypermilers take particular pride in adjusting their vehicles and driving habits to squeeze every mile possible out of a tank of gas – EcoTekker, via Autoblog Green.
GE Prints OLEDs!: GE successfully demonstrated the first “roll-to-roll” manufacture of organic light emitting diodes. The breakthrough could mean making efficient OLEDs will be much cheaper – GE.
Al Gore’s Fund to Close With $5B: Generation Investment Management, the sustainable investment firm run by Al Gore, will soon close to its main fund having raised nigh on $5 billion – Climateer Investing.
Gas Prices Hit New High: Prices have risen 27 cents over the last month to $3.227 a gallon and experts predict it will crack the $4 mark this spring – CNNMoney.
Green energy is definitely the best solution in most cases. Technology like solar energy, wind power, fuel cells, zaps electric vehicles, EV hybrids, etc have come so far recently. Green energy even costs way less than oil and gas in many cases.
Green energy is great, I’m glad to finally see it going more mainstream. I’d accredit it to this summer’s huge rise in gas prices, kind of making people more aware that there are alternatives out there and envying those that utilize them.