A 75-year-old Swedish woman currently has the fastest broadband connection in the world.Sigbritt Löthberg, from Karlstad in central Sweden, enjoys a massive 40Gbps connection

Molten salt is already used in some applications in the chemical industry to dampen temperature fluctuations in reactors.

This illiteracy has caused us to focus on the wrong problems, and the wrong solutions ... and it's stalled the realization of any politically tenable carbon reductions.Ironically, while the goal of reducing carbon emissions has political allies and adversaries, the economic illiteracy is found on both sides. It has become self-reinforcing. The only solace is that the economists are just as guilty.

Relaying a report in Science on a new process for printing solar cells that are a flexible and cheap form of photovoltaics, the TR story indicates that these solar cells capture solar energy with an efficiency of 6.5 percent.

The study, titled "Cleantech and Venture Capital: A Whirlwind Romance or Just Dating?", is from the Topline Strategy Group, a Newton consulting and market research firm.

Most of the technologies that could reduce greenhouse gases are not only expensive but would need to be embraced on a global scale, scientists say. Many projections for 2030 include as many as 1 million wind turbines worldwide; enough solar panels to cover half of New Jersey, massive reforestation; a major retooling of the global auto industry; as many as 400 power plants fitted with pricey equipment to capture carbon dioxide and store it underground; and, most controversial, perhaps 350 new nuclear plants around the world.

Fortunately for these investors, the myths have already been separated from the facts. And that's what we've done for you here.

Nearly 3,000 Ohioans and about 500,000 other Americans are already employed by industries assembling or making parts for renewable-energy equipment such as wind turbines, solar panels and ethanol, economist Roger Bezdek reported in a comprehensive study released Thursday.

A while back, Worldchanging did a great series of posts on the core principles of a bright green future.

The score, you might remember, is 13 completed, 11 under construction or contract 'over there', against zero over here.

HT's sales director Frank Ziegler told Wired they're not interested in doing plug-in hybrids because they don't want to be dependent on gasoline

says the cars will go up to 80 mph (128 Km/H), do 0-60 in a quick six seconds and have a range of 120 miles/190 km per charge.

$60,000.

£1125 17.5% VAT for the intial downpayment Then £375 17.5% VAT per month for 47 months based on 10,000 miles per year.

In a pilot test, electric cabs often failed after about 40 miles. Many cab drivers go 100 or more in a day.

Car has 70-mile range and 70mph top speed

Research over approximately two years showed that the parallel hybrid buses required “7 to 11 stops per kilometer to deliver their maximum benefit.”