Neal Dikeman and I aren’t the only ones who think General Electric is the unsung leader of greentech. This week’s issue of Exame, a leading Brazilian business magazine, featured a number of stories on A Economia Verde, including one that proclaimed GE CEO Jeff Immelt to be “o executivo mais verde do mundo.“
According to the [...]
Every taxi in São Paulo runs on alcool (ethanol), and it’s got nothing to do with a government mandate. In fact, taxi’s are exempted from São Paulo’s rodizio - the city’s weekly driving ban aimed at fighting congestion and pollution. The cabbies I’ve talked with have also dispelled any lofty notion about driving on ethanol [...]
As I travel around Brazil this week I thought I could use this opportunity to bring in some energy and greentech issues from other parts of the world into our ongoing dialogue about the development of the greentech market. Few countries face the dual pressures of environmental conservation and economic development like Brazil. Deforestation in [...]
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Buildings are the George Harrison of green tech. Usually, it's the first two guys--solar and biofuels--that come to mind when the green tech gets debated. ...
Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk is serious about getting beyond sports cars. At a press conference with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla co-founder and chairman Elon ...
Despite the near daily hum telling us that we're in big trouble, sometimes we read something that makes us think: wow, we're in big trouble. ...
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