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Are cars greener than bikes?

October 29, 2008 by dale

Filed under: Transport, Wind Car

Going for a bike ride - by http://flickr.com/people/steffeThis is perhaps a surprising question to ask.  The assumption we’d all probably make is that bikes must be the greenest form of transport.  Certainly that’s a view put to me in recent comments, arguing that I shouldn’t be promoting wind powered cars - mainly because bikes are greener than any kind of car. Continue reading “Are cars greener than bikes?”

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Petrol Stations of the future – swap shop or not?

June 10, 2008 by dale

Filed under: Transport

Thanks to Simon for your comments on Petrol Stations of the Future (and to Will and to Chris also). I started writing responses, but again this is quite a big topic so have turned it into a new post instead (for those who have just joined the thread - you can read the first post in the transport series here, the second which has a little video is here, the third here and the fourth here).

Simon - you make a couple of good points there. The idea of sitting around for 20 minutes while your car charges will be a bit of a challenge for some people, Continue reading “Petrol Stations of the future – swap shop or not?”

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I’m no Jeremy… Part 2

May 8, 2008 by dale

Filed under: Transport, Wind Car

I was in Norfolk yesterday meeting the team that are building the car for us. We’ve reached the end of the feasibility phase (the donor car is in absolute pieces). We shot some more film on the day and now have enough to make a short promo to tout to the TV companies, to see if any of them want to follow the project from here - the building and testing of the car. Here’s a short clip to give an idea of where we’re coming from. See this other blog post for more info on the project.

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I’m no Jeremy Clarkson (let’s get that straight…)

April 24, 2008 by dale

Filed under: Transport, Wind Car

But I am a bit of a petrol head. I like fast things, mostly bikes. People ask how I can be both a petrol head and an environmentalist – fair question. Well nobody’s perfect, I’m certainly not. We all live in the real world, the one in which we make compromises and promises to do better, and occasionally do do the things we know in principle, it would be better if we didn’t. Life and the need to live a better (zero carbon) one is a journey, there’s no overnight solution and we shouldn’t beat ourselves up over things we can’t change right now. That said, by the way, I only did 3,000 miles in a car last year, I’m getting to grips with it. Continue reading “I’m no Jeremy Clarkson (let’s get that straight…)”

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Zero Carbonista

Dale Vince This blog is about answers to the big questions - how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves - in a post oil world, and a world where we can't afford to keep burning things and throwing things away. Energy, Transport and Food are the three big issues.

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