Positive Future #657 (Feature photo – BoxPower Shipping-Container Solar – courtesy of BoxPower) How do you survive as a business owner if your profit margin is in your refrigerated storages that just had the power cut off for days by your power utility? This past year has been a nightmare for thousands of business owners…
Positive Future #656 (Feature photo – Homeless – courtesy of Beddown ) BrightVibes brings us the story of how an individual who inspires and people who want to help can make a difference in the daunting landscape of homelessness. Beddown is an non-profit that seeks to provide overnight shelter and basic services for homeless people…
Positive Future #655 (Feature photo – Individual Transportation – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Nomad) In many ways, the future of transportation is not only technology driven, but also economics. It’s no secret that most of the heaviest polluting cars are older cars owned by people challenged to finance expensive new cars. For a large portion…
Positive Future #654 (Feature photo – the 1600s – Public Domain ) The U.S. Energy Administration just reported that U.S. energy consumption finally reached the same level as energy consumption in 2007. The eleven-year period from 2007 through 2018 represents a rather flat period in terms of energy consumption. One wonders, is this is due…
Positive Future #653 (Feature photo – Atlis Truck Basic Frame – courtesy of Atlis Motor Vehicles ) News of new automotive companies seem to be the order of the day. Some of them are re-inventing automobile production and drivetrains that are not piston-driven. The latest making news is a company called Atlis -bringing new ideas…
Positive Future #652 (Feature photo – Berlin Olympic Stadium – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Martjin Mureau) Germany is inventing a new grass-roots way for citizens to intervene in the political process. German law states that a petition with over 50,000 signatures must be put on the agenda of the federal government for discussion and…
Positive Future #651 (Feature photo – Red-Eye Frog from Costa Rica– Public Domain ) There is much rhetoric and debate over rejuvenating that natural world for future generations. Costa Rica, a poor Central American nation of 5 million people has gone from rainforest destruction to doubling its rainforests over the past 30 years. It is…
Positive Future #650 (Feature photo – Audi E-Tron – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Alexander Migl ) Audi announced that of its planned $41 billion into research development and new facilities, $13 billion would be for electrics. That equates to $2.6 billion a year. By 2025, Audi plans to have 20 fully electric models…
Positive Future #649 (Feature photo – Rivian Truck – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Richard Truesdell) You’ve got to have a pretty good product and concept to raise $2.8 billion for an electric truck that is not planned for manufacturing till 2021. Leading the investment charge, however, are the likes of Ford Motor Company…
Positive Future #648 (Feature photo – Canadian Tar Sands – Public Domain) EnergyCentral news portal brings us an interesting story of two Canadian oilfield workers who see their jobs going away for good reason – climate change. One 2016 poll shows that many fossil-fuel workers believe their skills are applicable to clean energy jobs and…
