"Gas Tax Holiday" would do no good for Nevadans
Both Sens. McCain and Clinton have endorsed a gas tax holiday from Memorial Day to Labor Day in the US. This would shave 18.4 cents off the price of every gallon of unleaded.There has been a lot of...
View ArticleMusings on Solar Power & the Future
This is my first diary on Solar energy of many.In this entry I'll cover the solar basics, and cover some of the economics.
View ArticleMusings on Solar Power & the Future (pt. 2)
In part 1 I covered the two different types of solar power and the basic on cost and ROI.This is part 2. I'll cover some future developments, specifically thin-film technologies which could...
View ArticleMusings on Solar Power & the Future (pt. 3)
Sorry about taking so long to get part 3 out. I wrote the first two parts together (in advance) and tried to write this third one after I published the first two, and well, life gets in the way...
View ArticleTesla Motors announces "Model S" EV, puts us one step closer...
About two weeks ago, Tesla Motors announced their new Model S electric vehicle. Unfortunately its still a ways off (production in 2010, possibly later if delayed), but there is a lot of hope on the...
View ArticleS.3335 - Solar Energy ITC up for a vote this week - contact your senators!
The very important Solar Energy ITC (investment tax credit) is coming up for a vote this week. It will extend the Solar ITC for eight years (until 2016) along with doubling the residential credit cap...
View ArticleHow the Chevy Volt can reduce gas consumption by 85%+
I'm pretty enthused about the prospect of EREVs, or extended-range electric vehicles. If you do the math, it turns out you can reduce your gasoline consumption anywhere between 91% and 98% based on...
View ArticleLithium-Titanate Batteries - the future of EVs?
Recently, AltairNano demonstrated their Lithium-Titanate batteries in a real world demo for Indianapolis Light and Power. They had two 1MW/250kWh units, and the batteries and equipment performed very...
View ArticlePG&E Inks 800MW Photovoltaic Solar Deal with SunPower and OptiSolar - With...
On Thursday, Sunpower, Optisolar and PG&E agreed to a 800MW deal, with undisclosed financial terms. Its a big leap for Photovoltaic solar in terms of scale - previously, utility sized systems...
View ArticleSilver State Bank goes under today - ties to Andy McCain
Silver State Bank (based in Nevada) went under this afternoon. The depositors are being transferred to Nevada State Bank, and the normal disclaimers apply - your debit cards and checks will still go...
View ArticleABC refuses to run green energy ad from We Can Solve It
Via EcoGeek, an ad directly targeting Big Oil's tactics to alter the debate - from Congress down to your TV - has been rejected by ABC.
View ArticleLarge turnout for early voting in Clark County, NV (Las Vegas) [UPDx2: 25K+,...
Larry Lomax, county registrar of voters has said that as of 2:15PM local time, the amount of early voters on this first day of early voting in Nevada has surpassed the total amount of early voters on...
View ArticleChevy Volt in-depth
A week or so ago, there was a great thread on the front page about the Chevy Volt, and there were over 500 comments. There were lots of questions and I thought a follow-up diary that was a bit more...
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