While Irene proved little more than a light rain shower where I waited it out in New Hampshire, Tropical Storm Irene launched a surprise assault across the Connecticut River in Vermont. The resulting damage shocked the state and people across the country, but Vermonters now see the potential to rebuild infrastructure in a smarter way. [...]
Archive for the ‘Electric Cars’ Category
14 Dec
IKEA to Install More Solar Panels and EV Charging Stations, Help Save More Than Just College Dorm Rooms
Swedish D.I.Y. furniture mogul IKEA (home of the Hagalund and the Malm!) announced last week that it would be expanding its coverage of stores run partially by solar electricity to the Southern United States, having already installed solar panels on stores across California and the East Coast (and in addition to 39,000 panels being installed [...]
25 May
In Which Obama Takes the Government Out for a Round of Electric Cars
In the immaculate words of the boys (or were they men?) of pioneering new jack swing group Boyz II Men, “little things mean a lot / appreciate what you got /if you give all that you have / it’s forever we’ll last.” Now watch me try to shoehorn those lyrics into a larger patchwork regarding [...]
