Worth reading: Green cars, wind storage and wind trash-talk
A few articles I’ve stumbled upon may be of interest to Clean Break readers.
The Detroit News has an interesting summary of the the “green” cars that will be introduced at the North American International Auto Show. (Growth trend chart from Detroit News on left).
Associated Press has a story about some cities in Iowa that want to use wind power to capture air, store it underground under pressure, and release it on demand for producing electricity when it’s needed.
And a columnist with the Scotsman.com takes pot shots at wind-happy Denmark, arguing that despite its world-famous commitment to wind power the Danes have failed to meet their Kyoto targets. It’s a bit of a rant, but I agree with the conclusion that we can’t blindly embrace all things renewable without fully scrutinizing the economic along with the environmental benefits.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca