Gil Friend’s Blog

Amory Lovins, interviewed in the Wall Street Journal's 'Automotive Report' special section (7/25/05): America's choice is very simple: Do we continue to import very efficient cars to displace our demand for foreign oil, or do we make efficient cars and import neither...

As of this morning, I've taken over the hot seat at the Ask the Experts column at GreenBiz.com. Each month I'll respond -- with the help of the Natural Logic team, and several of our friends and associates (including Jen Boulden, Gary Lucks, Jackie Ottman, Gifford...

[Sustenance]: In case you didn't see this (posted on Energy Bulliten) Top Ten George W. Bush Solutions For Global Warming David Letterman, The Late Show (CBS) 10. NASA mission to turn down the sun's thermostat 9. Federal subsidies to boost production of Cool Ranch...

SustainableBusiness.com's latest update includes a number of gems, including this one: The current issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology... focuses on consumption & industrial ecology and is online free of charge.This issue breaks new ground in providing...

I can't quite figure out what that headline actually means (did they mean 'more than a fad'?), and the survey that GreenClips, cites from Facility Management Journal (May/Jun 05, p 20) may not be a scientific survey, but it's still interesting. In a study of 557...

And speaking of automobile futures (see below), try this perspective The Green Machine that Could be Detroit. IMAGINE that you are running a domestic automaker. Rising gasoline prices threaten your lucrative S.U.V. sales, a glut of car-making capacity promises ever...

[New Scientist]: This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.

Speaking of Sustainablog, here's Jeff's take on Supreme Court Justice nominee John Roberts' environmental record. And here's an alternate perspective from the market oriented Commons Blog.

Speaking of subsidies and incentives, Sustainablog points to a Washington Examiner op-ed in support of environmental taxes/'green fees' as a revenue-neutral means of using the tax code to promote environmental stewardship. If you've read The Ecology of Commerce or...