Archive for August, 2010


In a recently been forwarded to me Article is the German car guru Prof. Dudenhöffer to four findings:Electric mobility has the potential for Germany of about 100 000 jobs in the automotive industry or upstream industries, such as battery productionThe aim of the German Federal Government, to 2020 1 million electric cars on the streets of Germany to have is not reached. Read More…



Aug 28

All entries in this article! News Day 10 and summarySince some time already, I thought quietly to myself: Actually, we should once in what one talks as possible so all praise, and test times in practice as self-discovery.Since yesterday it is now so farTimes I want the next 10 days as much as possible to electrically move. Read More…



Less dependence on oil: Biofuels can meet by 2020 one fifth of the German fuel consumption.Berlin, 14 July, 2010. Three months after the sinking of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon continue to flow up to 60,000 barrels of daily crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The extent of the environmental disaster is gigantic, but this amount is compared to petroleum consumption negligible: it just corresponds to the German demand for one hour. Read More…


Aug 23

The questions with which I have recently set a little apart are: “What is energy efficiency, what does it mean that a gasoline engine efficiency is 20% what happens to the other 80% ? “energy can not be destroyed but only transformed or energy can be released by the conversion: Be a little outdated, a physical principle. Read More…


Aug 22

Today I had the first opportunity to drive an electric car Think. A date took me to Vienna's Kahlenberg and I could also install a small mountain standing right in my driving test. The journey through Vienna's fun and there are several reasons: First, think of a For a small car with good accelerationAnd good driveability in urban traffic. Read More…



The habits of Mr. and Mrs. Austrians are buying a car all right, we say, strange. Anyway, I have problems with it, causes me to imagine that move TownspeopleTo buy an SUV .What does this category of car for the environment and safety, the current study is impressive VCÖ dar. Read More…



I have just returned from a stay in the USA. Fell among many other exciting experiences to me again on how technology-driven Is this country. Besides the fact that there are also quite naturally in the air at high speed by approx. $ 4, -. Can surf the Internet, I saw there also a documentary on TV, presented at the vertical wind turbines wereCompared with the conventional and even in our usual predominantly horizontal wind turbines, which resemble a plane rotor follow the vertical wind turbines rather the principle of a vertically mounted airplane wing. Read More…