batteries

You are currently browsing articles tagged batteries.

Friedman to Detroit: Batteries R U

December 9, 2008 in accelerating change, economy by nils | Add your comment

Soyuz Boosters

Soyuz rocket (Photo by James Duncan, CC 2.0 license)

Following up on my post yesterday about the Detroit bailout, today I wanted to mention Tom Friedman's op-ed in Sunday's New York Times "The Real Generation X." It is primarily about how Obama's stimulus package should focus on preparing us, especially our young people, for the future, not saving old dinosaur industries like Detroit:

We not only need to bail out industries of the past but to build up industries of the future — to offer the kind of big thinking and risk-taking that transforms enormous challenges into world-changing opportunities.

  • Share/Bookmark

The energy game is just getting started

August 6, 2008 in energy storage by nils | 1 comment

It's been a great week for energy! In separate announcements, scientists at MIT, a university in Spain, and at an energy startup in Texas made some amazing claims that to me indicate that what we think we know about alternative energy and energy efficiency, we don't know.

  • Share/Bookmark