YouTube - Bay XP Meeting Part 1: Agile Estimation, Mike Cohn

YouTube - Bay XP Meeting Part 1: Agile Estimation, Mike Cohn: "Agile Estimation, Mike Cohn"

Insulate! Insulate! Insulate! : TreeHugger

Insulate! Insulate! Insulate! : TreeHugger: "Perhaps we don't have to Drill, drill drill! as some suggest, or Invent, Invent, Invent! as Tom Friedman calls for. Perhaps all we really have to do is Insulate, Insulate, Insulate!"

Thirst

THIRST

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Eco-Pedal Driving Light - hypermiling feedback

Driving Edmunds Daily Blog on Edmunds' Inside Line: "have noticed in my own driving that when I make a conscious effort to drive in a more relaxed manner that my fuel economy goes up 2-3 mpg. Having an active device that forces relaxed driving could make driving more efficiently something that you can do without thinking about it. Just remember to turn it off before you try to make that left turn across four lanes of oncoming traffic!"

Sign for Electric Vehicle Charging Station, A blue sign points to a charging station for electric vehicles in Paris., © Owen Franken/CORBIS, RM, Alternative energy, Arrow, Communication

Sign for Electric Vehicle Charging Station, A blue sign points to a charging station for electric vehicles in Paris., © Owen Franken/CORBIS, RM, Alternative energy, Arrow, Communication: "Sign for Electric Vehicle Charging Station
A blue sign points to a charging station for electric vehicles in Paris.
Image: © Owen Franken/CORBIS
Collection: Corbis Edge
Value RM
Photographer: Owen Franken
Date Photographed: ca. 1990-2002
Location Information: Paris, France"

Chery Makes Its First Electric Car - WSJ.com

Chery Makes Its First Electric Car - WSJ.com: "BEIJING -- China's Chery Automobile Co. said it has produced a prototype of its first alternative-energy vehicle.

The company also is setting up a separate electric-car company, people familiar with the matter said. A Chery spokesman said such a 'possibility can't be ..."

Danny Westneat | Reality check on plug-in cars | Seattle Times Newspaper

Danny Westneat | Reality check on plug-in cars | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Remember last spring, when Seattle's mayor rolled out the city's first car that could be 'filled at the plug instead of the pump?'

It's called a plug-in hybrid. They are all the green rage — 'possibly the most sought-after technological innovation since Captain Kirk first flipped open his communicator,' says The New York Times.

You may have seen the city's cars around town, painted with an eye-catching claim on the rear bumper: 'This plug-in hybrid gets 100+mpg.'

Also, a greener boast: '150+City MPG!'

Not exactly, it turns out. Not even close.

Try 51 miles per gallon, city and highway combined. Not counting the cost of the electricity.

It's what 14 plug-in Priuses averaged after driving a total of 17,636 miles. The pilot project is one of the few in the nation to subject plug-in hybrid cars to regular motor-pool duty, as opposed to being driven by hypermilers or alt-energy enthusiasts.

'We're not putting these cars on a test track,' said Scott Thomsen, a spokesman for Seattle City Light, which has three of the plug-ins. 'We've got them on hills and wet streets, in the cold and the hot, on short trips and long — all the conditions that real people deal with every day.'

Getting 51 miles per gallon sounds f"