Category: Green Dollars and Sense
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Water for the Autonomous Mobility Future
Someone once said something about freshwater being the new oil. From a scarcity and need perspective, water is already much more valuable on a dollar per liter basis than oil. Similar to how oil can be a lubricant for gears, clean water is also going to play an important role in the operation of driverless…
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The 100+ MPG Fleet Truck
Although the utility vehicles featured in Jay Leno’s video below have greater upfront costs, the operational cost savings could pay for the Via Motor’s trucks over time. Built with a standard chassis and body from GM, these hybrid-electric trucks look no different from a regular vehicle, but they provide a robust generator capability at the…
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Early Stage Startups Get Wings from TiE Angels- Highlights of Nov 15th meeting
Introduction to TiE Angels With venture capital and private equity firms concentrating their investments on existing portfolio companies and unwilling to invest small amounts of seed capital, where does an emerging start-up company look for funding? Where can they express their value proposition to a serious group of individual investors? The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) has…
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Waiting for the Bus – a Green App
Actually, I am no longer waiting for the bus, as the Google maps application for android allows me to quickly find the shortest and most efficient public transport route. In days gone by, I would have have rented a car or taken a taxi when traveling. The Google mapplication takes the guess work out of…
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Old Batteries – Don’t Dump Them, Call Earth 911
CNET TV had a good idea for recycling those old batteries or just about anything else. Earth911 provides a good resource for finding local resources for recycling common and not so common things. http://earth911.com/
