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Cloudy days for solar thermal

By Drew Thornley June 15, 2015

This past weekend’s Wall Street Journal has some unsurprising news about solar-thermal technology. Excerpts to follow, but, in short: It’s very expensive to build, it doesn’t deliver nearly the amount of projected ...

Detroit Auto Show: The (Niche) Future of Electrics

By Henry Payne January 27, 2015

Detroit – The Detroit Auto Show showcased more green cars than ever this January, even as American demand for hybrid-electrics shrank to below three percent of market in 2014. Driven by ...

Detroit Show: Musk warns of auto-induced warming crisis as city shivers

By Henry Payne January 26, 2015

Detroit – Outside the North American International Auto Show this month, temperatures were a bone-chilling nine degrees when electric vehicle entrepreneur and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk took the stage ...

The Emperor Has No Clothes, Detroit edition

By Henry Payne January 8, 2015

Detroit – Hans Christian Anderson, meet Barack Obama. Has there been a better modern staging of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” than the president’s visit to Ford’s Wayne Assembly Plant Wednesday? Selected ...

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As Gas Prices Drop, Obama Scolds Americans to Buy Fuel Sippers

By Henry Payne January 7, 2015

Detroit – Ever the nanny-in-chief, President Obama is lecturing Americans to ignore low gas prices and buy his preferred small cars. “I would strongly advise American consumers to continue to think ...

Obama to Tout Economic Policies . . . at Idle Green-Car Plant

By Henry Payne January 6, 2015

Detroit – On Wednesday, Barack Obama will launch his pre–State of the Union, economic-victory tour at Ford’s Michigan Assembly plant in order to showcase the fuel-efficient, hybrid-electric cars produced there. ...

The Phony Automakers-Have-Neglected-Safety Narrative

By Henry Payne January 6, 2015

Call 2014 the Year of the Phony Media Narrative. The Increased-Cop-Shootings Narrative (not true according to Bureau of Justice stats). The Increase-in-Campus-Rapes Narrative (debunked, same BOJ). The Planet-in-Crisis Narrative. Add the Automakers-Have-Neglected-Safety ...