Category Archives: transportation

Renault Nissan: “the time for the mass-market zero-emission car has come”

It is easy to be disillusioned about the motor industry, especially after reading the remarks of GM’s Bob Lutz calling Global Warming a “Total crock of shi*t”!
However, an interview in The Economist recently with Renault-Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn was very heartening. Mr. Ghosn plans that Renault and Nissan will lead the car industry in developing […]

China to build 97 new airports in 12 years!

Image by pbo31 via Flickr

News.com reported the other day that China is to build another 97 airports in the next 12 years. That’s a little over 8 new airports a year for the next twelve years at a cost estimated around $64 billion.
That’s great news if you are in the runway business but not so […]

Dopplr and BA adding Carbon Footprint info

Dopplr is a site where you add your travel-related information and it tells you of others in your network who are making similar journeys so you can meetup. Via Ian Forrester’s blog this morning I saw that Dopplr are making your travel-related carbon footprint information available.
I failed to find the functionality in my Dopplr account […]

Win the oil endgame

Amory Lovins is the is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute and he is also the author and co-author of many books on renewable energy and energy efficiency. His most recent publication is called Winning the Oil Endgame is is available as a free download.
There are some fascinating quotes attributed to […]