Comments on: "The Daily Show's" Cleantech Week: T. Boone & Friedman http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-daily-shows-cleantech-week-boone-pickens-tom-friedman/ Tue, 29 May 2012 23:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nobtry http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-daily-shows-cleantech-week-boone-pickens-tom-friedman/#comment-17423 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:44:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=15353#comment-17423 “A battery will not move an 18-wheeler,” Is just his [Mr Pickens] opinion and I am sure he has not investigated it because he has his focus, and money, behind natural gas.

When EESTOR has had its remaining patents approved for its energy storage unit then I expect we will see their prototype. We would then have the electrical storage medium to allow transport trucks to be electrical.

It is already possible to put an electric motor on the hub of each wheel to drive the truck. With EESTOR ESUs(Electrical Storage Unit) fueling the motors it is possible that we will see quiet rigs rolling by in a few years.

In my humble opinion.

]]> By: Here Come the Electric Trucks: Move Over T. Boone? http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-daily-shows-cleantech-week-boone-pickens-tom-friedman/#comment-17422 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:01:24 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=15353#comment-17422 [...] Natural gas is the way to go. “A battery will not move an 18-wheeler,” he’s wont to say. But the Pickens Plan isn’t just about big rigs. It also calls for switching over delivery [...]

]]> By: Greentech Media: Cleantech Investing » Blog Archive » Deals from the past week http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-daily-shows-cleantech-week-boone-pickens-tom-friedman/#comment-17421 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:22:03 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=15353#comment-17421 [...] Other news and notes:  Water markets to rise quickly…  I hereby extend the same offer to Fisker that I made to Tesla — give me a loaner for a while, and I’ll write about my test drives in what I promise will be very glowing terms!…  Here are your California Clean Tech Open winners…  Here’s a really good overview of angel investing and investors…  Finally, as if you needed any more reason to watch Jon Stewart. [...]

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