Eco Factor: Energy-efficient computer from Apple. Computer manufacturers have been trying hard to reduce the power consumption of their systems without having any significant impact on the system’s performance. Undoubtedly, they’ve succeeded so far with the help of some ingenious chip manufactur...

So was reading John Quiggin over at Crooked Timber writing about climate change, and something crystallized in my thinking a bit. Here's Quiggin: In one sense, the blogosphere has reached a near-universal consensus on climate change. Everyone who follows the issue at all closely agrees that there is...

Eco Factor: Electric car recharging station generates electricity from renewable sources. Electric cars of the future will need to be quick both in speed and in the time they need to get recharged. Current technology allows a car to be recharged within a couple of hours. This, though quick for an el...

We signed a contract with Solar City this week, for a 3.1KwH solar roof array. Solar City has apparently put together a lease program that strips the tax advantages, but offers the system for $75/month (escalating 3.5%/year) for 15 years. Since it's guaranteed to save us at least $60/month in electr...

Excerpts of a February 15, 2008 commentary by Michael S. Malone, ABC News Silicon Insider columnist since 2000: "Silicon Insider: Solar Companies Glow Despite Economic Slump": "Here's a toast to the superiority of pragmatists over idealists. Of entrepreneurs over bureaucrats. And most of all to thos...