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Yesterday California's Air Resources Board (ARB) announced a new rebate program, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program. The program comes with a list of approved vehicles that is curiously short. On the one hand if they had waited a few months to launch the program more electric vehicles are supposed to be available (such as the Volt and Coda) but on the other hand some existing vehicles on the market are not on the list.

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For most of 2009 I was unemployed (like many people) and (unlike many people) attempting to make a living using this blog. Recently I rejoined the workforce to have a job (and more stable income) and being employed again has given me perspective on the role of working for a living. What I want to write about today is a comment by a co-worker that represents a typical intrusion of the corporate needs into personal life. I've never liked how our corporate masters feel they can require any obeisance including neglect of our personal lives in order that the corporation flourish.

Image courtesy fueleconomy.govThe attraction for many of hybrid vehicles is higher fuel efficiency.  High fuel efficiency means making the same travel with less energy expended.  In general efficiency is recognized as one of the ways to re...

I just got a Nexus One and am going through the rigamaroles of setting it up to serve the purpose I wanted my prior phone to do. My prior phone was a frustratingly bad Sony Ericsson "feature phone" and I want to have an enjoyable phone that's a thing of beauty and power rather than the supreme frustration of the other one. It's an open question whether 'tis nobler to buy an iPhone or an Android.

For the last one and a half years I’ve been working on launching Transition Silicon Valley. It’s meant to be the Silicon Valley branch of the Transition Towns movement. The work is paying off right now in that we’re running a movie series called “Films of Vision and Hope” that’s drawn about 50-60 people per night.

iPods are cool. The iPod Touch lets you experience the wonders of the iPhone without the monthly data charge to AT&T. But both have a stupid problem that is a sustainability nightmare. The irreplaceable battery makes it more likely that a perfectly working gadget will be thrown away just because the battery no longer holds a charge. The pattern with modern electronics is that the gadget makers rely on their customers buying a replacement gadget after a couple years, even if the original gadget is perfectly functional.

Zero DS image courtesy Zero MotorcyclesZero Motorcycles has become a global leader in electric motorcycles, selling four models in several countries.  They announced yesterday the launch of their 2010 product line, including the Zero S, DS, X, ...