us Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 13 May 2015 21:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 US Has More Trees Now Than 100 Years Ago https://www.greenoptimistic.com/united-states-trees/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/united-states-trees/#comments Sun, 03 May 2015 10:18:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54619 Thanks to decades of forest growth exceeding harvesting rates the US officially has more trees now compared to 100 years ago. The United States has the fourth largest forest estate of any nation, with 8% of the world’s forests or about 300 million hectares of forest, exceeded only by the Russian Federation, Brazil and Canada. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/united-states-trees/feed/ 3 54619 US Energy Secretary Announces Green Technology Partnership With China https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-china-green-technology-partnership-20101118/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-china-green-technology-partnership-20101118/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:29:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11858 It was about time the US and China collaborated on anything but pollution... the reduction of pollution. The scientific partnership announcement has been made by the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Wednesday, launching one of the largest collaborations of this kind in the world.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-china-green-technology-partnership-20101118/feed/ 1 11858 Solar Power Gets Cheaper (video) https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video-20080202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video-20080202/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:38:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/02/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video/ There have been many trends posted involving solar power but in the US it still only accounts for 1% of the electricity generated. Even though it is getting cheaper the main barrier is still the cost. Although growing investment, technological breakthroughs and lower prices have lead to an increase in sales, which lowers prices further […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-gets-cheaper-video-20080202/feed/ 1 69 The New Ford Fusion Hybrid at LA Auto Show https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-new-ford-fusion-hybrid-at-la-auto-show-20080129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-new-ford-fusion-hybrid-at-la-auto-show-20080129/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:04:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/29/the-new-ford-fusion-hybrid-at-la-auto-show/ A source at FoMoCo tells us they plan to rock down to electric-gas avenue in the near-term future. Although we knew there’d be a 2009 model of a certain razor-bladed sedan with some kind of charge to it, we didn’t know any more details other than that. Until today. Our source, who for the moment […]

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