I am always glad when I hear of research and development dollars going to deserving projects led by deserving researchers. Today (August 16) I read a news release from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reporting that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than $1.1 million to a UW-Madison researcher to develop ways...
Electrified transportation
Ontario’s electrical future: another go at Darlington?
“Live better electrically.” Remember that slogan? It used to be how Ontario Hydro, formerly the world’s biggest electric utility, promoted its product, electricity. With that slogan, Hydro promised customers a better life if they used more of its product. Though the slogan, together with the underlying concept, fell (and has till now stayed) out of fashion,...
Jobs now, and a giant step to the low-carbon future
A pall of worry and uncertainty hangs over North America. Two years into the Great Recession, unemployment in the U.S. was 9.6 percent in August; in Canada, 8.1 percent. The problem has become politically crucial. There are congressional mid-terms in the U.S. in November and a minority government in Canada that could fall at any time....
Hydrogen, fuel cells, and the right way forward: Chu vs. the auto industry
In their decades-long efforts to develop effective and affordable climate change policy, most western governments have put a lot of money and effort in two areas: (1) hydrogen, and (2) carbon capture and sequestration. They are on the right track, but they’re going about it in a roundabout way. That could set back progress by decades...
Emissions and remissions: using the tax system to wipe out greenhouse gases in Canada
It looks like the federal Conservatives are thinking hard about giving a tax rebate to buyers of hybrid cars. As I argued in Taking the giant step, this would be the best way to get more of these efficient cars on the road. The faster we do this, the faster auto manufacturers will respond...
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