Mr.
Matt
Spangler

Spangler's Log.

10.26.10 1 year ago mrmattspangler

I f’n love this. While Tea Party members try to figure out how to spell photovoltaic, and the Republican party focuses all of its energy on making Obama a one term president he just goes about his business getting things like this done. Sure 300 k homes isn’t that many but that’s a whole lot of clean energy. Do work my man.

smarterplanet:

U.S. OK’s world’s largest solar power plant - msnbc.com

The Obama administration on Monday approved what investors say will be the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant and one that more than doubles all of U.S. solar output and can power at least 300,000 homes.

(via smartercities)
- Tag.
- Obama.
- energy.
- power.
- solar.
- IBM.
- Comment.
- (0)
01.21.10 2 years ago mrmattspangler

“ First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you’ll be glad baby when you’ve found
that’s the power makes the world go’round ”

Huey Lewis
- Tag.
- music.
- huey lewis.
- love.
- power.
- Comment.
- (0)
01.05.10 2 years ago mrmattspangler

The Copenhagen Wheel.

Following my last post, I thought Oprah would like to see some other smart stuff coming out of Denmark.

“When you brake, your kinetic energy is recuperated by an electric motor and then stored by batteries within the wheel, so that you can have it back to you when you need it.”
- Tag.
- bike.
- power.
- energy.
- copenhagen.
- Comment.
- (0)
12.20.09 2 years ago mrmattspangler
There are some solid ideas in this, especially around infrastructure initiatives for charging etc…but why the FUCK is New York not on this list. Mr. Bloomberg, I hope you have a good answer for this.

via electricpower:
In Copenhagen, 14 of World’s Biggest Cities Commit to EVs

Fourteen of the world’s largest cities agreed to take steps over the coming year to make their cities more electric vehicle-friendly. The announcement was made at the ‘Climate Summit for Mayors’, which is being held alongside the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Half the world’s population lives in cities that account for more than two-thirds of carbon emissions. And as California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made the case in Copenhagen on Tuesday at the Climate Summit for Mayors during the UN COP15 climate summit cities and other sub-national units of government will play a critical role in implementing the kind of innovative solutions necessary to clean up our transportation infrastructure in a carbon-constrained world. In that vein, a group of fourteen of the world’s largest cities took a step in that direction in Copenhagen on Wednesday.
- Bogota
- Buenos Aires
- Chicago
- Copenhagen
- Delhi
- Hong Kong
- Houston
- London
- Los Angeles
- Mexico City
- Toronto
- Sao Paulo
- Seoul
- Sydney
Gas 2.0
- Tag.
- mayor.
- nyc.
- new york.
- electric vehicles.
- power.
- energy.
- FUCK.
- Comment.
- (0)
11.27.09 2 years ago mrmattspangler

Nissan Gunning For Leadership In Electric Vehicles

Company decisions like this inspire me.

via electricpower:

Quick Spin: Nissan Leaf the tip of mass market EV spear

Nissan has gone into a back room, pulled out its Ouija board and decided that the time is right to make a huge bet. The Japanese automaker, along with its partner Renault, wants to be the world leader in pure electric vehicles. Even though you can go buy an Altima hybrid right now, the company didn’t develop its own gas-electric technology (the sedan uses Toyota tech). This time around, Nissan believes the future belongs to vehicles without an internal combustion engine (ICE) and is preparing to put its own foot forward. It’s way too early to know for sure, but Nissan’s gamble could pay off handsomely. Toyota General Motors and others are adding plugs to vehicles with liquid-fueled engines, but no major automaker has claimed the pure EV pole position. If everything goes right, Nissan will be that automaker.

The flagship vehicle for the automaker is, of course, the Leaf EV hatchback, which was unveiled in August and recently made its North American debut in Los Angeles. We were on hand to take a Leaf mule out for a short (very short) spin and heard directly from Nissan how this unique-looking EV will secure Nissan’s place in the auto industry as tremendous changes take place in the coming years. Follow us after the jump to learn about Nissan’s wager and find out if the Leaf has got the potential to (silently) propel the company to the top.

Autoblog Green
- Tag.
- electric.
- cars.
- future.
- power.
- energy.
- Nissan.
- Comment.
- (0)
10.14.09 2 years ago mrmattspangler

“ Zilmer’s memo presented the Pentagon with an unprecedented request: “a self-sustainable energy solution,” including “solar panels and wind turbines.” This was the first time a frontline commander had formally requested renewable energy backup in battle. Without alternative power sources, the memo continued, U.S. forces “will remain unnecessarily exposed” and will “continue to accrue preventable … serious and grave casualties.” Put in civilian-speak: Too many of Zilmer’s troops were dying in fuel convoys, and the relentless gasoline demands of the diesel generators were partly to blame. ”

via Grist (via andres) (via mikehudack)
- Tag.
- war.
- energy.
- power.
- solar.
- pentagon.
- Comment.
- (0)
Mr. Matt Spangler uses Flickr

Mr. Matt Spangler uses Twitter. Follow him here.

Mr.MattSpangler

Spangler's Log.

Fourteen of the world’s largest cities agreed to take steps over the coming year to make their cities more electric vehicle-friendly. The announcement was made at the ‘Climate Summit for Mayors’, which is being held alongside the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Nissan Gunning For Leadership In Electric Vehicles

Social.

Mr.
Matt
Spangler