Air Quality

4 Solar & 8 Transport Stories Not To Miss

Zachary Shahan

Published

March 26, 2013

Some clean transport and solar power stories you probably don’t want to miss:

Transport

The Arrogance Of Space
High-Speed Trains Good For Quality Of Life, Economy, Air, Climate, Society…
Rail Competitive With Air Between Many US Cities
Housing Near Transit = Good Investment (Also see the APTA press release and the Streetsblog story)
DIY Bike Light Beams Info Onto Road
Blackening The Cycle Scene
KTM Readies New E-SPEED Electric Scooter (w/ video)
Steve Jobs On Why Computers Are Like A Bicycle For The Mind (video below, bike part starting at 3:30 — text available via the link above)

Solar

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Written By Zachary Shahan

Zach is tryin' to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director, chief editor, and CEO. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao. Zach has long-term investments in Tesla [TSLA], NIO [NIO], Xpeng [XPEV], Ford [F], ChargePoint [CHPT], Amazon [AMZN], Piedmont Lithium [PLL], Lithium Americas [LAC], Albemarle Corporation [ALB], Nouveau Monde Graphite [NMGRF], Talon Metals [TLOFF], Arclight Clean Transition Corp [ACTC], and Starbucks [SBUX]. But he does not offer (explicitly or implicitly) investment advice of any sort.