tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84201498015154277752024-03-05T08:20:49.499+00:00Transportation alternativesLet's find a way out of petroleum transportationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-54853879850374152082007-02-10T10:28:00.000+00:002007-01-16T11:17:47.401+00:00Energy Research<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8CNRyw-hp1rxUmkp-GmWDkSQeS2CZ2LGuZOp_q3M8kTOzoaBMrndMH5mm386FYjFR8W9CtSMz0TJlST-qZ-94-QK78McGBrD9QtN3hdjJxcTL_N5gghDpUi5pwBIgUVhvFABPZCM3n4/s1600-h/windpower.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030005712108103122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8CNRyw-hp1rxUmkp-GmWDkSQeS2CZ2LGuZOp_q3M8kTOzoaBMrndMH5mm386FYjFR8W9CtSMz0TJlST-qZ-94-QK78McGBrD9QtN3hdjJxcTL_N5gghDpUi5pwBIgUVhvFABPZCM3n4/s200/windpower.bmp" border="0" /></a> The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has released its analysis of President Bush's 2008 budget. (<a href="http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/prel08p.pdf">report online</a>)<br /><div><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18157/">Technology Review</a> notes that funding for Energy R&D programs is up for biomass, nuclear fusion and hydrogen. Experts say that these long-term R&D projects are not likely to have a significant impact on the consumption of oil or greenhouse-gas emissions for decades.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-61592778424288326802007-01-15T15:46:00.000+00:002007-01-16T11:17:47.441+00:00Global Risks ranked by the World Economic Forum<p align="justify">The World Economic Forum—the organization that convenes the annual Davos meeting of global leaders—has released the <a href="http://www.weforum.org/pdf/CSI/Global_Risks_2007.pdf">Global Risks 2007 report</a>. </p><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020284351867031010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMH1KqyE_ShjXmaAWTqqhV0v5KJuLYXOFwtpEz36dTzr3DNnCXmfoo9PtsxI5QLDYx2IuXAp98H52qCiKb4W6FKTLQS3e4I0R556MtJ_vqP0RRSSZaJCzyl98rf0_-OzDk_ECe6lKHPqw/s400/risks.png" border="0" /></p>Okay... So if I read well we have among top concerns:<br />- Oil Price Shock<br />- Climate Change<br />- Middle East Instability<br />What an explosive cocktail !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-25120270686694320382007-01-15T14:34:00.000+00:002007-01-15T14:40:45.083+00:00How to make buses more attractive: make them more fun !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX9cUvCTbokbcciaGiQ-qPexGvcQa1K4ITkX64k2VxpMdW4A4s-8Ojf0yBE9joSr0vqbTwDHE4z9_UWhyQgEc56HRqaHNwjRvPberbUZxkGN4tTbUbio-8anafFLFTgT945WN_zJuqNE/s1600-h/Bus%252013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020267013084056978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX9cUvCTbokbcciaGiQ-qPexGvcQa1K4ITkX64k2VxpMdW4A4s-8Ojf0yBE9joSr0vqbTwDHE4z9_UWhyQgEc56HRqaHNwjRvPberbUZxkGN4tTbUbio-8anafFLFTgT945WN_zJuqNE/s400/Bus%252013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4utGID25QA0slhZg_ChMCpCOb989zneC0prDt2QyxqSkfLGJxiUut8fDUtkeAmilCkfGiuiZZZiMNneF4yoL9W9oWZV6yfGmbYQgD_Tmbni44NELRZQr4PSUBuzKDyrie2kAhReTt0RY/s1600-h/Bus%252017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020266776860855682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4utGID25QA0slhZg_ChMCpCOb989zneC0prDt2QyxqSkfLGJxiUut8fDUtkeAmilCkfGiuiZZZiMNneF4yoL9W9oWZV6yfGmbYQgD_Tmbni44NELRZQr4PSUBuzKDyrie2kAhReTt0RY/s400/Bus%252017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>See many other fun advertising concept on <a href="http://ahboon.net/">AhBoon</a>'s blog ("bring you more interesting news around the world with a factor ‘Clean’").</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-8865912280960110042007-01-14T15:17:00.000+00:002007-01-15T15:20:05.257+00:00Peak Oil ?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfXbQ6VpM5v1bgVupEOeaRGbJsUla0arlh53VqldTuFDqSfQU5x5Hc0zvxWsTTYmiu72qAidLLjQk6ck2e9z9GKgRXetwi25WYy0cVSAcBAtiGncx5HldiA1XeBmuFgij_OtLtuD7UYU/s1600-h/plateau_dec06.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020276882918903234" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfXbQ6VpM5v1bgVupEOeaRGbJsUla0arlh53VqldTuFDqSfQU5x5Hc0zvxWsTTYmiu72qAidLLjQk6ck2e9z9GKgRXetwi25WYy0cVSAcBAtiGncx5HldiA1XeBmuFgij_OtLtuD7UYU/s400/plateau_dec06.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://greenfuture.blogspot.com/2006/12/oil-plateau.html">Tim</a> notices that oil production has been nearly flat for 2 years...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-23634167353711017662007-01-13T14:12:00.000+00:002007-01-15T14:41:09.109+00:00The Ultimate Green Transport Solution !<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1Uy22IhmWxzAEWldR5fz30_Va0F6AJjaM9QKIc64mLIzykjJiqq8nx4HhHS0nbgS2SskoPZGAynX8nboHlfE7P6HyagVsrCXn3Dyb9pArXxm_mFFwJqZumUxCr8-oGB5g4XyE5Ra0eY/s1600-h/basemodel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020264595017469298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1Uy22IhmWxzAEWldR5fz30_Va0F6AJjaM9QKIc64mLIzykjJiqq8nx4HhHS0nbgS2SskoPZGAynX8nboHlfE7P6HyagVsrCXn3Dyb9pArXxm_mFFwJqZumUxCr8-oGB5g4XyE5Ra0eY/s400/basemodel.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>MobiBike's biofuel assisted bicycle.<br /><div><div><div><br />Reasons to buy:</div><ul><li>Now you can get back in the race to ecofriendly transportation buy beating on line your neighbor who just got an hybrid car !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-2x2nrWA9WoB2XDMFLGda37GCn67bx23JrQz3bMqNVBgQxbV6iq2XIT2DoYtABvpvrUoA9JQ_iqx-9gYiIRmna_t7aP5tIYygJqu4dORj_l1ev-GXGXhpqKwjR71Mo0BamjX9iMCU0k/s1600-h/MobiBike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020263736024010082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-2x2nrWA9WoB2XDMFLGda37GCn67bx23JrQz3bMqNVBgQxbV6iq2XIT2DoYtABvpvrUoA9JQ_iqx-9gYiIRmna_t7aP5tIYygJqu4dORj_l1ev-GXGXhpqKwjR71Mo0BamjX9iMCU0k/s400/MobiBike.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></li><li>You ride a bike AND you burn CO2 neutral fuel: it's like putting your hands together on two different issues.</li><br /><li>You can fold it and ride the bus (3 hands together ?)</li></ul><div></div><div>Source: <a href="http://www.mobibike.co.uk/">MobiBike</a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-40650478478612941642007-01-09T11:02:00.000+00:002007-01-16T11:11:53.918+00:00Chinese nightmare ?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjhx_0vEzWP-Gn5bmV4eh6KnIECWzN5w-x-Cz46ZLSYgAd_Urxf4LSYgbYGZ2tveFitQXEkNr56xSUBjQmZ60W9a0MSmcKCIF65VLKX60qN5gXMEktIW8EkXa9C5waJshf7yMLwt12Wk/s1600-h/china_energy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020584316677950978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjhx_0vEzWP-Gn5bmV4eh6KnIECWzN5w-x-Cz46ZLSYgAd_Urxf4LSYgbYGZ2tveFitQXEkNr56xSUBjQmZ60W9a0MSmcKCIF65VLKX60qN5gXMEktIW8EkXa9C5waJshf7yMLwt12Wk/s200/china_energy.jpg" border="0" /></a>Technology Review presents a potential nightmare scenario with China and its challenges to sustain growth while preserving the environment.<br />A few figures:<br />- "two new coal-fired power plants are completed in China each week;<br />- new generating capacity equivalent to that of nearly the entire U.K. power grid was added last year alone;<br />- China will become the world's largest carbon emitter within five years."<br /><em>Credits: "<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/17995/">China's Energy Dilemma</a>" by Richard Lester, Illustration by Marc Rosenthal</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-5987045653739529182007-01-05T14:47:00.000+00:002007-01-15T14:49:03.201+00:00Toyota working on a new concept...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtRv-KCiw3jizD6f-Nljztzqm-9zrNZ9EUgqxmlSjKmpNzKvEMafPwFnwHhDMVvKtrFxgjtPjq3umuYP5INTh-cd95ajfl2QRJRChsaRYMblUwTEMapP-bMV6ZWZjf5WfvDhSH8Lb04M/s1600-h/car.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020269130502933922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtRv-KCiw3jizD6f-Nljztzqm-9zrNZ9EUgqxmlSjKmpNzKvEMafPwFnwHhDMVvKtrFxgjtPjq3umuYP5INTh-cd95ajfl2QRJRChsaRYMblUwTEMapP-bMV6ZWZjf5WfvDhSH8Lb04M/s400/car.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Credit: <a href="http://coloribus.com/admirror/">coloribus</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-1567176082164028612007-01-04T21:22:00.000+00:002007-01-15T15:30:22.956+00:00Biofuels ?<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioZPaMjd8YS-Z9tgNVee0xyWDpj2skHDPTE7ftnxGfdf_SJKey3wzQJVgmEnPr8qz5WsbJ3ZUaZ-EyZwIqAvfllEojeLJ8CioJ4lsAChoc8ZMhTHcEH-hTIBkbw_aG90TdYt9Dz9x-TU/s1600-h/ethanol.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020278072624844242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioZPaMjd8YS-Z9tgNVee0xyWDpj2skHDPTE7ftnxGfdf_SJKey3wzQJVgmEnPr8qz5WsbJ3ZUaZ-EyZwIqAvfllEojeLJ8CioJ4lsAChoc8ZMhTHcEH-hTIBkbw_aG90TdYt9Dz9x-TU/s400/ethanol.gif" border="0" /></a></p>See <a href="http://alt-e.blogspot.com/">James' blog</a> for detailed analysis.<br /><br />Also: you all know that E85 is 85% ethanol and 15% regular gasoline.<br />Did you know that E85 winter bled will actually be 70% ethanol and 30% regular gasoline ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-69585514784076007402007-01-03T13:39:00.000+00:002007-01-15T13:41:15.502+00:00Another proof of global warming<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistP4dRoaGxF60kJuiAng0aIrQPsOaSbN23SLgWjqrACLFl3p_hf5Pm0ywvgfM7xvB6qRJk5M7m0LtOcxzXBffNoymeXDqn8DwZn_NfXilAUGfMxi814u6XWiDKTaL7azi90cyphvtLWE/s1600-h/climate.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020251645691071762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistP4dRoaGxF60kJuiAng0aIrQPsOaSbN23SLgWjqrACLFl3p_hf5Pm0ywvgfM7xvB6qRJk5M7m0LtOcxzXBffNoymeXDqn8DwZn_NfXilAUGfMxi814u6XWiDKTaL7azi90cyphvtLWE/s400/climate.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-14678438861603137382006-12-20T20:55:00.000+00:002007-01-15T14:55:45.702+00:00Chainless bike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uJnzXXlrUog9bDfHrde5RHjawByYL5yShkBmjHH2_HboClkCP29X5AgtR2MivbcVVVML0xoY6RVM-CDPQx0hp81PYoc5lPSzW_e9WrNAWz_gZAsa7sN8AXcY0Ao7dwBQGBvEYXS4j68/s1600-h/bikeatocean.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020270066805804466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uJnzXXlrUog9bDfHrde5RHjawByYL5yShkBmjHH2_HboClkCP29X5AgtR2MivbcVVVML0xoY6RVM-CDPQx0hp81PYoc5lPSzW_e9WrNAWz_gZAsa7sN8AXcY0Ao7dwBQGBvEYXS4j68/s400/bikeatocean.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Top 10 Reasons Shaft Drive Bikes Are Better:<br />1. Smarter Gearing<br />2. Less Maintenance<br />3. Safer<br />4. More Durable<br />5. Cleaner<br />6. Always in the Right Gear<br />7. Faster Gear Transitions<br />8. Easier to Transport<br />9. Looks Great<br />10. Quieter and More Consistent<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dynamicbicycles.com/">Dynamic bicycles</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-4047421964888534802006-12-17T14:04:00.000+00:002007-01-15T14:08:58.545+00:00The Green Transportation Hierarchy<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRto40MNhEI0LEoAvCIbaSNJlVLBVEzgNQGtfCc1jU2aMHQLCfxs3DvYTvoIWXn1v0wnPIO9aYGL5mcd6igAySApG9PO3cB0mSyj9ggLWmlC7ZDz48B96abU8BFWMYGjrfQhAL_tLAQU/s1600-h/hierarchy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020257873393650978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRto40MNhEI0LEoAvCIbaSNJlVLBVEzgNQGtfCc1jU2aMHQLCfxs3DvYTvoIWXn1v0wnPIO9aYGL5mcd6igAySApG9PO3cB0mSyj9ggLWmlC7ZDz48B96abU8BFWMYGjrfQhAL_tLAQU/s400/hierarchy.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Just a reminder of what the hierarchy shall be (credit: <a href="http://www.transalt.org">Transportation Alternatives in NYC</a>).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420149801515427775.post-22093156148943881592006-12-15T13:12:00.000+00:002007-01-15T13:19:07.683+00:00New blog on transportation alternativesIf you feel there is a way out of the petroleum transportation, join me and discuss on this blog.<br /><br />Topics of interest:<br /><ul><li>alternative energy sources (biofuels, hydrogen, nuclear...)</li><li>smart solutions (hybrids & plug-in hybrids...)</li><li>good old concepts (walk, ride a bike, take the bus...)</li><li>new concepts (electric transport, intelligent transport systems...)</li><li>technology (batteries, hybrid powertrains, fuel cells, ...)</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0