The Power Grid: From Rickety to Resilient
Blackouts will become more common unless we build a system that can bend but not break.
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Support for Clean Tech Is About to Fall Off a Cliff — Here’s One Way to Save It
Debt-ridden and sclerotic Japan hasn’t been the go-to example of smart foreign governments since about 1991—that slot is now occupied by China—but there’s one program from Tokyo that the U.S. would be wise to copy.
via A New Report Explores the Boom and Bust of Clean Tech Funding | Ecocentric | TIME.com.
E-Waste: How the New iPad Adds to Electronic Garbage
There was a major news event yesterday over at Apple HQ in Cupertino, California, which I know because my Twitter feed was filled alternately with people live-blogging the event (“retina display!”) and mocking the live-blogging (“the screen self-cleans with children’s tears!”). This is how we receive the news of a new iPad, …
Battery Warning: Why Electric Vehicles Have Yet to Take Off
After years of anticipation—and piles of presumptuous magazine stories and unending commercials—2011 saw the commercial introduction of GM’s extended-range electric Volt and Nissan’s all-electric Leaf. The tax credits …
