Archives: December 2008

GE "ship in a bottle" CFL reinvents the compact flourescent lightbulb

Posted by: Adam Aston on December 19

Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) have improved so much in the past few years. Yet much as I know about how wasteful old-school incandescents are, I'm one of those folks who...

For free, a Swiss-cheese font that saves toner

Posted by: Adam Aston on December 18

I go to great lengths to avoid wasting paper: I try hard as I can not to print big documents and I've even mined old file drawers, to reclaim...

Our Energy Future: the View from the Oil Industry

Posted by: John Carey on December 10

What do oil and gas executives see in their future? In many cases, a switch from oil and gas to alternative forms of energy. That’s one of the findings from...

High or Low CARB Diet?

Posted by: John Carey on December 05

In 2006, California passed a landmark bill requiring the state to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020. Of course, the legislation didn’t say how to...

Ethanol: The Blend Wall Looms

Posted by: John Carey on December 05

As if ethanol producers don’t have enough woes already, there’s a new problem looming. The industry has been hit by plunging oil prices, the recession, and the perception that the...