A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Greentech Media | Treacherous Roads for EVs — good summary of the EV entrants to date. My next car…

Battery Calibration | Tongfamily.com. — Rich summarizes all the brain damage you have to go through to keep your battery in good condition on your macbook.  No wonder people are investing so much in battery technology, if people have to do anything like this for their upcoming PHEV, well, they are going to revolt.

• HP working on solar PV, IBM putting a billion dollars into green datacenters, Intel spinning out a PV firm — nice to see the IT leaders getting behind alternate energy
• DOE funds electric vehicle projects — not sure why GM, GE, Ford need DOE money — give it to startups! More interesting is the note about Tesla’s deal with Daimler, very smart.
• Nuclear option gets more public support — thank goodness. The public is more rational than the politicians about energy strategy
• Duke Energy jumping into residential and commercial solar installs — the wave of the future?
• Green construction materials — I wonder about the 50 year life of these. I think I will let others be the beta testers.

American Le Mans Series :: World Class — likely going to be attending this next week. Looks like fun.

• Idea Blob: An Infectious Way to Fund Your Green Business : Ecopreneurist — ok not really green specific but interesting
• Reusing worn oil production tubing as jewelry — just looks cool.
• Artifical Solar Leaves — cool looking, and in general the idea of making renewable installs more stylish is a good trend
• Recent funding news
• UK competitor to the Tesla
• Enerjar plans
• Zero VOC paint at Home Depot
• Walmart funding green ideas