On Tuesday, two Australians drove their Tesla Roadster all-electric car 501 kilometers (313 miles) on a single charge participating in the Global Green Challenge - a 3000 km race from north to south Australia.
This new distance record for a production electric car marks a milestone for all-electric cars. Most potential electric car buyers still suffer [...]
Yesterday I came across an article by James Quinn who is convinced that we’re at the beginning of the “Millennial Crisis” which he sees as the fourth turning of a 100-year cycle which started with the American High after World War II. For a detailed explanation of this concept, I recommend you to read his article [...]
In July, oil-industry heavyweight ExxonMobil announced an investment of $600 million in the biofuel company Synthetic Genomics.
The company was founded by the famous American biologist and entrepreneur J. Craig Venter who was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama last week. The award honors Mr. Venter´s advancements in the science of genomics. He [...]
How do you feel when recalling these headlines from the past few years?
Why are oil prices so high? (Tuesday, 28 September 2004, BBC NEWS)
Oil price tops $50 for first time (Tuesday, 28 September 2004, The Independent)
Oil Prices Break $50 Milestone on Supply Worries (Tuesday, September 28, 2004, The Washington Post)
Oil prices have climbed above $40 [...]
2009 has been a turbulent year for the automobile industry. When record high oil prices in July 2008 caused car sales to nosedive, the gradual demise of the U.S. car industry became obvious. Even though oil prices had plummeted from $147 / barrel on July 11th, 2008 to less than $40 a barrel in January 2009, making it more [...]
