10 years ago invested in an Australian company pioneering hybrid power systems for marine vessels, starting with ferries but ambitions much larger…like oil tanker large. A decade later they may finally have a customer: Roughly 50,000 ships carry 90% of the world’s trade cargo, and these ships tend to burn a heavily polluting oil known […]
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Trains vs Planes in Spain
The Guardian and Treehugger report on a new high-speed link between Madrid and Barcelona. The Ave covers the 410 miles between Madrid and Barcelona in just 2 hours and 35 minutes. From The Guardian: The aim is to have 10,000km (6,200 miles) of high-speed track in Spain by 2020, meaning that 90% of the population […]
My Other Car is a Bright Green City
Another weighty editorial by WorldChanging’s Alex Steffen: Today’s cars are costly, dangerous and an ecological nightmare. What if the solution to the problems they create, though, has more to do with where we live than what we drive? Alex argues that building compact communities should be one of America’s highest environmental priorities, and says our […]
SolarSailor – Innovation Inspired by Insects
Solar Sailor is an Australian company innovating in the marine industry. Recent CNN coverage is gratifying – it’s not easy to turn old industries around. See recent video on CNN. (Disclosure: I’m an investor in this company and served on the board for a couple of years.)