powering the future Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:31:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How Self-Driving Taxis Will Change the Way We Drive https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-driving-taxis/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-driving-taxis/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:31:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55780 Self-driving taxis are in the future, according to researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Not only will these electric vehicles be environmentally friendly, they will also be cheaper than the current system. Emissions from self-driving cars are reduced even when compared to owner-operated hybrid vehicles. Autonomous, or self-driving vehicles, are under development by many […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-driving-taxis/feed/ 0 55780 Powering The Future: Discovery Channel's Newest Show on Alternative Energy Premiering June 17 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/powering-the-future-discovery-channel-20100715/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/powering-the-future-discovery-channel-20100715/#respond Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:01:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8504 The 4 hour show is going to be hosted by a specialist in alternative energy: Dr. M. Sanjayan, lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy. Its purpose is to identify how humanity could tap "a clean, limitless, secure energy supply and addressing how it could possibly be delivered."

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