Growth of the steel markets in Developed Nationsco
September 20, 2009
ArcelorMittal sees sluggish European and US markets in 2010 | steelguru.com
This is a valid question given the current economics. We have seen massive down turns in all kinds of construction over the last year and massive lay offs that go along with this. Inventories are well down and many mills and ware houses are holding their breath.
Is The Rare Earth Supply Crisis Due to Peak Production Capability or Capacity
September 6, 2009
A Different Environmental Threat: Peak Rare Minerals, China, and Green Technology | michaelperelman.wordpress.com
The current "crisis" in the media in the supply of rare earth metals is most likely due to nothing more sinister than mining capacity in China, the country which today produces some 97% of the world's supply of rare earth metals. There is sufficient accessible by current technology rare earth mineralization...
Will The Chevrolet Volt Even Be Built as A Production Model? That's The Question
September 4, 2009
Audi U.S. president Johan de Nysschen addresses Chevrolet Volt is for idiots firestorm via Facebook | www.autoblog.com
The Audi USA president is simply vocalizing what is on everyone's mind in the OEM automotive world. His basic sentiment that the Volt is an idiotic concept is widely shared wherever in the world cars are designed , built, and marketed by existing mass producers.
The Rare Earth Security of Supply Crisis in Simplified Form
September 3, 2009
China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs | news.yahoo.com
China's domestic use of its domestic production of the rare earth metals used accross the board in and critical to many if not most green technologies has caused it to restrict exports of these rare metals for years. The economics of Chinese rare earth production caused all other world producers to...
Autoblog Misunderstood What Bill Ford Said About Batteries Used By Ford
August 20, 2009
Chevy Volt's 230 mpg rating, ad campaign comes under fire from Bill Ford, AdAge | green.autoblog.com
The Autoblog.com article I am analyzing is poorly edited, poorly fact-checked, and poorly written. William Clay Ford, could not have said what the article attributed to him in the context described.
Is The Chevrolet Volt Only A Fair Weather Car?
August 12, 2009
How did GM arrive at 230 mpg for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt? | www.autoblog.com
All this nonsense about the Chevrolet Volt's fuel use and performance is just hot air until the car is on the road and its actual performance under real driving conditions and with ordinary drivers is measured. I propose a side-by-side test of the Prius and the Chevrolet Volt to settle which is the...
Fast Charging EV Batteries Is A Problem Not A Solution
August 9, 2009
Electric Car Charge Stations: The Next Third Space? | www.thebigmoney.com
The cart is dragging the horse as the economically and electrical engineering clueless are now debating where to put the infrastructure for recharging (fueling) electric cars. All we have to do is change the transportation fueling, the shopping habits, and the daily routines we have built up over the...
Is General Motors backing Off Of The Chevrolet Volt Type Plug-In Hybrid?
August 8, 2009
New Buick Plug-In Hybrid Due By 2011: Breaking News | www.popularmechanics.com
The new Buick "two mode" hybrid is not an evolution of the Chevrolet Volt power train as this article in Popular Mechanics implies; the Buick (mild) "hybrids rather a step back for GM, and I think, an admission that all is not right with the Chevrolet Volt either in performance and range to be delivered...
Peugeot Expands Use of Rare Earth Based Batteries with First Diesel Hybrid
August 6, 2009
Peugeot preparing to launch its first diesel-powered hybrid | www.4wheelsnews.com
French car maker, Peugeot, has matched its long history of making and marketing diesel cars with the solid performance history of , reliable, and long lived nickel metal hydride battery packs, such as those made and used by Toyota in the Prius "full" hybrid, to introduce the first diesel hybrid powered...
Toyota Is Closing A Unionized Former GM Plant That Toyota Doesn't Need
August 5, 2009
In a First, Toyota Is in Talks to Close a Plant | www.nytimes.com
The reporting of this event completely misses the point. NUMMI, New United Motors, Manufacturing, was created when Toyota was much weaker and GM was strong. It was used by both companies to learn from the other's manufacturing engineering technology. Forty years ago GM decided and published a prediction...
It Will Definitely Redefine the Market Place
November 18, 2009
Savvy Trucker JB Hunt Heads East, By Train!
November 17, 2009
"Cadillac" of Trucking Terminals to be Closed by YRCW
November 17, 2009
Shell in Competition with Exxon in Asia
November 16, 2009
OXY et al to redevelop 67 year old Awali oil field on Bahrain Island
November 15, 2009
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