Volt – The American Car Of The Future

The new wave of cars is coming. It’s not only about the hybrids, but now also about electric vehicles. GM introduces a purely new concept, the Volt. A car which runs only using the electric batteries. Its capabilities are not convincing though. Volt can only run 40 miles on batteries. It seems to be little, [...]

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)- Developing countries and SD

This is a post to follow up on my initial post regarding when developing countries should actually start the efforts for SD by looking at the theory of the “Environmental Kuznets curve”.
“Kuznets curve KC is the graphical representation of ‘Kuznets hypothesis’ that economic inequality increases over time while a country is developing, then after a [...]

Is there enough incentive for people to buy a hybrid car in Canada?

Let’s talk some numbers:
Go to www.honda.ca and try to price a basic Civic Sedan vs. basic Civic Hybrid (sedan as well).
Civic Sedan (including all the fees and taxes):$20,549.05 – $1,000 government rebate = $19,549.05
Civic Hybrid ((including all the fees and taxes): $31,238.85 – $2,000 government rebate = $29,238.85
Difference in price? $9,689.80
Assumptions:
1) ZERO cost of money, [...]

Turning Water into Oil

This Dilbert comic exaggerates the absurdity of some people when it comes to obtaining sources of energy. Dilbert’s boss couldn’t be serious about wanting to turn water into oil. As Dilbert points out, it would turn the world into an uninhabitable wasteland in the long run. However, the idea of sacrificing [...]

Bioproducts – current sunlight replacing ancient sunlight

The movie 11th Hour talks about the use of ancient sunlight such as fossil fuels as an unsustainable practice. So in order to become sustainable, we need to switch from reliance on ancient sunlight to current sunlight. Bioproducts are one way of doing this. “Bioproducts are non-food products developed from biomass – biological or renewable [...]