Electric Car Fisker Karma Allegedly Causes House Fire

SpiroFlo looks at claims that the Fisker Karma — a $102,000 electric luxury sedan — caught on fire in a Texas man’s garage. Electric technologies aren’t doing so hot these days. Actually, they’re really hot. Like exploding hot. Last month we reported that an e-cigarette exploded in a man’s mouth. Last week, there was a [...]

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Wind Power Causes Global Warming… Or Not

SpiroFlo looks at recent allegations (and refutations) that wind power causes global warming. Earlier this week, Fox News published an article entitled, “New Research Shows Wind Farms Cause Global Warming“. It noted: The world’s wind farms last year had the capacity to produce 238 gigawatt of electricity at any one time. That was a 21 [...]

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EPA Administrator Calls to “Crucify” the Oil and Gas Industry

Vortex Tools comments on EPA administrator Al Armendariz’s analogy on the need to “crucify” the oil & gas industry, and the war of words from both sides in April 2012. If you haven’t figured it out by now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the oil & gas industry don’t get along. It’s one of [...]

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Denver Zoo Launches Poo-Powered Vehicle

Ecotech Systems looks at the Denver Zoo’s new waste-powered rickshaw. While I’ve said before that you can fuel a car with just about anything (regardless of how inefficient and unsustainable it is), the Denver Zoo is now running a motorized rickshaw on zoo waste. This zoo waste includes patron trash and yes, the monstrous amounts [...]

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Potential Breakthrough in Wind Power

SpiroFlo looks at a potential breakthrough in wind power: the wind lens. I’ll admit it: I’m not a big fan of wind power (oh, pun). Like electric car batteries, it’s making progress, but thus far, fails in a) the ability to store a sufficient amount of energy; and b) returning enough energy value for the [...]

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On GM’s Chevy Volt Production Hiatus

SpiroFlo looks at General Motors’ decision to halt production of the Chevy Volt come March 19th. From March 19th to April 23rd, General Motors will halt production of their plug-in, hybrid, electric car — the Chevrolet Volt. As a result, 1,300 factory workers will be laid off for that five-week period. This news comes after [...]

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Keep Energy Pretty

One of the things that throws me off about energy resources is that it seems as though there are different standards for favored power resources. For example, I’ve heard offshore oil rigs slammed as being an aesthetic blight on the beauty of the ocean, yet that same standard doesn’t seem to apply to giant wind [...]

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Vortex Tools: Green Oil and Gas: Recovering 10 Times More Natural Gas Liquids

Vortex Tools discusses how it’s possible to be a green technology in the oft-vilified oil and gas industry. From eliminating harmful vapors to recovering up to 10 times more natural gas liquids than conventional methods, Vortex Tools keep oil and gas wells running efficiently and safely. It’s not hard to figure out that people are [...]

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Buzzwords: Green Does Not Automatically Equal Good

SpiroFlo analyzes the terms that make up the environmental world—the cliché, the misunderstood, and the “don’t tell your mama” variety—and how they play in today’s society. With companies using “green” as an automatic product selling point, how does the buzzword hold up? Did you know you can power a lamp (to a dull glow) off a [...]

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On Environmentalism: Defining the Villain

Is there a villain against environmentalism? If not, what specifically are environmentalists fighting against? SpiroFlo examines where the eco-fight is going and if it’s having an effect on the public at large. Whether it’s hunters with more guns than teeth, or anyone who drives an SUV, I’ve heard several groups slighted as eco-villains—a term I [...]

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