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100% Wind powered car supply chain a possibility now! In little ol' blighty too...

"YIMBYs" show support for wind turbine at Shooter's Bottom, Somerset... that makes a refreshing change!

Monbiot revises his thoughts on the future of the world's economies in a post peak oil scenario

Dale Vince - founder of the world's first green electricity company - continues his series on the future of 'petrol stations/garages' in the soon to be world of electric vehicles...

Dale Vince, founder of the worlds first green electricity company responds to Anti-Wind activist and journalist Christopher Booker's derogatory article in the Daily Mail.

Dale Vince presents a round-up of an interesting week in the world of renewables...

Dale Vince of Ecotricity continues to look at transport issues and 'petrol stations' of the future in particular... In this post he talks about battery swapping and other options.

Dale Vince discusses whether demand generation is as effective as actual generation in terms of changing the way electricity is created and distributed.

Like the 'shaguar' but faster, greener and sexier.

Can't wait to see it in action

Great idea - a $100 wind turbine to power $100 laptops? (or LED lights, mobile phones and possibly fridges)

"Dale Vince, founder of UK-based green energy company Ecotricity, was pretty opinionated when we interviewed him last year, and his promise of a revolutionary new domestic wind turbine certainly cought our attention.

David Cameron, Conservative Party leader met with Dale Vince, Ecotricity Founder to have a look around the GreenPark wind turbine - and have a chat...

From the page:

"I often get asked to explain why the price of green electricity rises when the price of brown electricity does. I realise it’s counter intuitive. To understand it you need an understanding of how the market works. Here’s my attempt to explain"

Interesting discussion about the social stock exchange concept... (great positive news blog btw)

Usually quite a thorny bunch of lefty enviro-skeptics from what I gather (and why no comments turned on eh?) but this piece actually makes sense. My own personal view is that there should be a loosening of planning laws - starting with self-builders (NOT developers), followed by allowing 'eco' houses to be built on farmland and in woodland - and then we can look at greenbelts.

Dale Vince - founder of Ecotricity the world's first green electricity company based in the UK has recently launched a blog...

From the 'about the blog' page:

This blog is about answers to the big questions – how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves – in a post oil world, and a world where we can’t afford to keep burning things and throwing things away.