The Daily Sprout

DIY Solar Electric Car: Between the financial strain of high gas prices and seven children it’s no wonder Brent Hatch decided to build a solar-pedal powered hybrid to schlep to and from the middle school – CBS News via Autoblog Green.

LDK CEO Founds New Thin-Film Startup: Named Best Solar, the startup founded by LDK CEO Xiaofeng Peng is the mystery buyer of $1.9 billion worth of Applied Materials solar manufacturing equipment, enough to make 1 gigawatt of thin-film panels – Greentech Media.

“An Open Letter to Our Next President about Energy Policy”: Step 1: Get elected. Step 2: Read this letter. Step 3: Make a comprehensive energy plan – The Oil Drum.

Carbon Footprint Fatalism: For those of you have switched to the hybrid, the CFLs, the vegan diet and sworn off air travel MIT has some bad news – it doesn’t matter. If you live in the developed world the infrastructure you depend on will send your footprint sky high – New Scientist.

Boone Pickens Clearing Way for Wind Transmission: Our favorite Texan oil-baron-turned-wind-power-wildcatter is getting ready to build a giant water and electricity transmission line in the Texas panhandle to accommodate the 2,700 wind turbines he plans to build there – Times Record News.

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