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Webisodes
Energy Pimp Your SUV – Make it More Cost-Effective than a Prius
In this week’s webisode, we take a look at a video submitted to us by Sewanee’s Eco-Auto Club. The students set out to take a 1998 Ford Explorer with 231,000 miles and transform it into a more energy efficient “Eco Explorer” vehicle. Would you do this to YOUR car? WATCH!
Energy Secretary Bill Nye?
Planet Forward met up with Bill Nye at the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards last week. See the first item on his #EnergyToDo list. Tell us yours on twitter. (@Planet_Forward)
ICLEI’s Martin Chavez On Sustainable Growth & Smart Cities
This week, Planet Forward host Frank Sesno sits down with Martin Chavez, Executive Director of ICLEI. The focus? Smart cities! Learn what your city can do to grow and adapt to a changing planet. More>>
Energy Freedom Fries: Is this Cooking Oil Powered Speed Car the Missing Ingredient in the Energy Mix?
Planet Forward member Dan Gray shares an innovation that goes from the fryer to the racetrack. Do you think this idea can be supersized? Watch>>
Get Charged Up for Project Get Ready, a Planet Forward Nominee
There is a lot of talk surrounding electric cars at this years’ auto show, but until charging stations are readily accessibly, will drivers really feel comfortable with the idea of a battery-powered vehicle? Project Get Ready is trying to allay that concern and is one of Planet Forward’s nominees.
New Technology Updates Public Transportation
Erin Parsons and Lexi Combs, Planet Forward members and students at Ole Miss, share an innovation that is making bussing around Mississippi the hot new trend
Solar Truck Feeds a City
Would you be more willing to buy your lunch from an environmentally conscious restaurateur? Planet Forward member Stephan Boillon, better known as @flmeetsDC, shows us his solar powered food truck. We do the math and run his business model by George Washington University professor and entrepreneur expert Paul Swiercz – does it make the grade?
Is Nissan’s Leaf Too Sexy for Your Pocketbook?
Electric cars may pimp your green image but are they worth the ride? Planet Forward member and creator of MPG-o-Matic, Daniel Gray, shows us some cool features of Nissan’s electric vehicle. But just how expensive is a zero emissions ride? We do the math! (You can see Dan’s full video here.)
Cars Wired: Robbie Diamond’s Plan for Electric Cars
Get your chargers ready! The President and CEO of the Electrification Coalition shares his innovation on cars that won’t have you running to the pump.
An Electrifying Vision: 20 Million Plug-in Hybrids on the Roads in 5 Years
Planet Forward host Frank Sesno talks with Commissioner Mark Spitzer, of the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission about how the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may finally lead to commercialization of plug-in hybrids.
Bike Curious in Rhode Island
Planet Forward host Frank Sesno introduces a video about one college professor’s commitment to reducing his carbon footprint…even in the dead of a New England winter.
Van Jones on Obama’s Fuel Efficiency Standards
Part 3 of a 3 part series See Part 1: Van Jones on Community Solar and Wind Energy See Part 2: Van Jones on What Individuals Can Do to Increase Efficiency Former green jobs adviser to the White House and founder of environmental justice group, Green For All, Van Jones joins Planet Forward’s Frank Sesno in …Read More…
TV Segments
Automakers Use Greener Plants, Production Techniques
If cars are polluters, than car plants are even worse, right? But some car makers are going green. Planet Forward GW students Sara Snyder and Bridget Lynn got a close-up view of the new VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Planet Forward Test Drives the Nissan Leaf
In Planet Forward’s premier segment on Nightly Business Report, host Frank Sesno takes the Nissan Leaf for a spin and crunches the numbers to see if the car’s green technology is worth the extra green from your wallet.
Behind the Scenes: Planet Forward Test Drives the Nissan Leaf
Watch what happens behind-the-scenes at Planet Forward as we test drive the Nissan’s Leaf, turning your stories into TV. Watch>>
Bill McKibben on Hybrids vs. Electric Cars
Author and climate expert Bill McKibben offers his take on electric vehicles and whether or not he plans to buy one.
Planet Forward Series Premier on PBS
Tune in Thursday for Planet Forward’s premier on PBS’s Nightly Business Report. Inspired by a PF member, the piece asks: Is the Nissan LEAF worth it? We take a test drive.
Articles From the Blog Related to Transportation
Green Public Transit
Cities all across the US, and even across the world, have submitted some of their ideas to us at Planet Forward on how they are reducing pollution through public transit. From bike shares to busses these cities have it covered!
An All-Electric Vehicle: Up Close and Personal
Ever wonder what one of those all-electric cars feels like when you’re behind the wheel? Well, here’s your chance. We’ll start by getting the lowdown on what it means to be a “zero-emission vehicle” from one of the Energy Department’s car specialists. We’ll kick the tires, check out the funny plugs, and then take the baby for a spin through the streets of Washington, D.C.
Natural Gas, Electric or Fuel-Cell Powered Cars?
Amy Harder of the Nationnal Journal previews innovative efficient technologies at the Washington DC Auto Show.
Tonight! Planet Forward at the Washington DC Auto Show
Tonight, Planet Forward will be at the Washington DC Auto Show’s preview night. We’ll bring you the first peaks into this year’s gadgets and gizmos. We’ve asked our expert, Amy Harder to take your questions about how to move to next-generation green vehicles. She’ll answer your questions and preview vehicles on the floor of the …Read More…
Speed Limit: Myself
Did you know that May is Bike Month? Our intern Max Chen reflects on his love for biking and shares his bike picks from the Planet Forward archive.
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Pay for my solar panels!
Solar is a hard sell in the midst of global recession and continued unemployment. Just try convincing a middle class family with a mortgage and car payments to part with $40,000 for a rooftop installation. So long as rooftop builds are the only way to get solar energy, the growth of the home solar industry …Read More…
President Obama calls for Electric Vehicles and Clean Energy in his State of the Union Address
During his State of the Union address, President Obama set a new goal: by 2035, 80 percent of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.
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Americans and Their Cars
This post was originally published on The Energy Blog, a project in collaboration with National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge. by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson For decades, a number of environmentalists have been hoping the American love affair with the car would fade away. A lot of people who’d like this to happen see hope …Read More…
Eliminating your Carbon Share
I’ve talked about it before: how much running on a treadmill and using gym equipment actually harms the environment. Though the main focus of visiting a gym is to focus on bettering your own body, there is little awareness of how much electricity the gym uses to power your calorie burner. But, additionally, most Americans …Read More…
NGV’s: an ‘ethanol’-like boondoggle?
Despite all the green washing out there (and there is lots of it, lets be clear), corn-based ethanol is far from a panacea in terms of reducing America’s dependence on imported oil, dependency on fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gases and representing a good investment for the taxpayer. While supporting corn ethanol is, it seems, great …Read More…
When You Can’t Fit Everything You Need on Your Carbon Fiber Road Bike. Cargo Bikes!
We’ve all reached that point when traditional commutes just won’t do. For many Philadelphians, it was last year, when metro workers went on strike. So, they took to the streets—on bikes. As more people rode on the roads, they discovered it’s easier and cheaper to get around by bike. (Strikes are so common in Philadelphia …Read More…
Monorail Air Cushion Ultra High Speed (MAC-UHS) Transportation System
MAC train structure.jpg Description Using a combination of well known and proven technologies, a highly cost-effective and innovative solution to ultra high-speed passenger train transportation is presented. The proposed Monorail Air Cushion (MAC) system uses lightweight vehicles built with aircraft technologies, propelled via electric linear motors, riding on wheels at low speed and on an …Read More…
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