General
Transforming America’s Industrial Sector
Today, U.S. industry generates more than 40 percent of the country’s GDP and employs almost 20 million people. In 2010, the sector consumed one-quarter of all U.S. energy in 2010, 91 percent of which came from fossil fuels.
PV for All: Low-Income Housing Residents Going Solar
Until recently, the low-income housing community has been a tough nut for the solar industry to crack.
From the Archives: Gleaning Green Transportation Ideas From NASCAR
NASCAR isn't the most obvious place to look for innovative ideas in green transportation. The typical stock car usually averages around four to six mpg—granted at speeds reaching 200 mph.
Booms and Busts, Tulips and Gas
There is no doubt that unconventional natural gas resources such as shale gas and tight gas, liberated by horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and other technologies, are fundamentally changing the U.S. natural gas supply equation and, over time, maybe that of the rest of the world.
RMI Takes the Volt For a Spin
For a week last month, RMI had an unexpected visitor to our Boulder office—a Chevy Volt courtesy of a Project Get Ready partner! Curious RMIers took this opportunity to take the car for a test drive. Here’s what they had to say about their driving experience.
