What you should know before starting investing in Bitcoin Probably there are no such people who did not know about the currency of the future – Bitcoin. The big number…
Republicans Block Two More Bills With Green Investing Impact
Looks like solar power, oil, alternative energy and other green investors should expect continuing volitility in shares as congress (well… Republicans really) failed to renew two bills that would have…
Company Turns Parking Lots into Solar Energy Generators
This is way cool. Its not immediately clear from the post at Businessweek that Envision operates as a PPA (power purchase agreement) – where the property owner signs a long term purchase…
Iowa State University Study: Ethanol Lowers Gas Prices
Cnet’s Green Tech Blog has a post I missed a few days back about a Iowa State University study claiming that Ethanol has had a big impact on lowering gas prices for…
Impact of Socially Responsible Investing on Stock Valuations
Does anyone know of any good studies on the impact that socially responsible investing (SRI) has had on “green stock” valuations? One of the things that I find investing on…
Vertical Farming and Local Growing Investment Ideas
I came across this today, Vertical Farming, which is pretty cool. Vertical farms, many stories high, will be situated in the heart of the world’s urban centers. If successfully implemented,…
The View Through Green Colored Glasses is Opaque
This post over at The Big Picture got me thinking more about how far we are away from a rational market for green investment – public or private. The problem…
Optimistic Analysts See $100 Oil Prices: Is Conservation the Answer?
CNNMoney had a piece on “are we in an oil bubble” which polled a bunch of analysts about oil prices (unscientifcally) – comparing the price of oil to the tech stock and housing price…
GE Study Claims Wind Project Tax Subsidies Pay For Themselves
Today’s cool charts come courtsey of GE. Now, its from GE so they have a vested interest, but today they released a powerpoint with some interesting datapoints regarding wind project…
Algae BioDiesel, A Biofuel that Works for Stephen Colbert?
I have been reading up a bit on the potential of Algae BioDiesel. For those of you not familar with Algae and its potential as a biofuel – this Popular…