David Herron is a writer and software engineer living in Silicon Valley. He primarily writes about electric vehicles, clean energy systems, climate change, peak oil and related issues. When not writing he indulges in software projects and is sometimes employed as a software engineer. David has written for sites like PlugInCars and TorqueNews, and worked for companies like Sun Microsystems and Yahoo.

Some Nissan LEAF questions answered

Nissan has sent out an email attempting to answer a bunch of questions that have been asked about the LEAF.  This is coupled with an expanded LEAF website and the promise of a newsletter.  You can ask questions on the site and they’re giving answers.  The answers appear to also…

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Walkable neighborhoods have higher land values

A recent report published by CEOs for Cities finds, using Walk Score data and techniques, that walkable cities have higher land values than unwalkable cities.  The study claims it illustrates “the value that homeowners attach to locations that enable them to easily access a variety of urban destinations by walking…

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Bicycling maps and commute resources

What if your commute could be a bicycle ride through parks and side streets?  It would produce less traffic anxiety, improve your personal health, negate noise pollution, and improve the environment.  While obviously bicycle commuting is not appropriate for those with a long stretch of highway between home and job,…

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How oil dependent is your state?

One of the side effects that may come from greening transportation is to reduce fossil oil dependence.  Whether the green transportation uses biofuels or electricity, it’s not a fossil oil based fuel.  The negative effects of fossil oil dependence include higher prices, and geomacroeconomic imbalance stemming from the primary location…

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350.org day of climate action

Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity.   For all of human history until about 300 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide. That’s a useful amount—without some CO2 and other greenhouse gases that trap…

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