Today, I decided to learn about three topics about which I have very little understanding – Nuclear, Water and carbon trading. I found all three of these topics fascinating and learned quite a bit from the people that have given these topics quite a bit of thought.
Nuclear Energy vs. Non-Proliferation
This panel had the most [...]
During last night’s reception, the founder of WEF, Dr. Klaus Schwab told us “first timers” that we should not expect to sleep while at Davos, ‘You can sleep when you get back home’ were his exact words. I thought that this was said in jest but I am learning the truth in these words. [...]
FTSE’s new ET50 index, which tracks the 50 largest pure play greentech companies by market cap, has picked up Sweden’s AP7 as its first benchmarking fund. The ET50, which debuted last week with a $170 billion market cap, tracks companies in power gen and energy efficiency (68%), water tech and pollution controls (15%), and waste [...]
Watching the major auto manufacturers killing themselves to release a green product is embarrassing in a way similar to watching an aging, cortisone-infused quarterback rely on his running game because he can’t perform well in the pocket anymore. Despite amassing nearly twenty years of experience designing, developing and producing green vehicles, the leading car companies [...]
Well, here I am in the storied valley of Davos, Switzerland – the site of World Economic Forum annual meetings (http://www.weforum.org). I have heard about the WEF annual meetings for so long that being invited to the 2008 meeting is a dream-come-true. However, being here after being honored by the WEF as a [...]
This week we’re trying something new on this very new blogspace - a guest blogger, live from the World Economic Forum at Davos. Pankaj Dhingra is the CEO of Nanostellar and he’s one of the anointed few Technology Pioneers to be invited to attend, sit on a panel, and make his contribution to the betterment [...]
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The possibility of Congress granting oil companies rights to develop offshore reserves in previously protected areas is one of the hottest topics going these days. ...
British Energy, the UK's nuclear power monopoly, will likely be sold to Electricité de France this week in a deal valuing the company at close ...
The new home of Other World Computing, a large computer dealer in Woodstock Illinois, is about as green as you can get. The building, which will ...
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