At O’Reilly, we have a motto: “Create more value than you capture.” It’s a wise motto for companies far bigger than we are to adopt. If you do that, you ensure a healthy ecosystem. If you capture more value than you create, watch out, because stagnation is on the way.

Amazon has, so far, created huge value for the publishing ecosystem. Now, as they become more powerful, they need to be especially watchful that they don’t irreparably damage an industry on which they too depend.

A smaller yet sufficient ICE functioning as a generator to keep batteries charged (and passengers heated) after the grid-supplied power has been depleted would be less expensive, less gasoline-consuming, and less polluting. For a significant share of the new car market, less has already become the new more. […] With a year and a half wait time for a Smart car at one California Smart dealer, the writing may be on the wall.

Link: Help Remedies

Man, I hope these guys succeed, and have a large influence. The medical field needs a serious ecological wake-up call. Not to mention, this shit is just cool!

Link: Adorable Kitten Capacity

A much more useful way to describe the size of a bag…

Link: Lots of weatherstrip profiles

Link: Aptera

Under $30k. 120 mile range (or 300 mpg for the hybrid). On sale this year (hybrid next year).

It’s almost reason enough to move to California, all by itself.

Link: SUNN Solar Electric Kit Car Vehicle

OMG I want one!!!

Link: Boulder to become first Smart Grid City

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in

A while back we told you Excel energy was to conduct a study with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL) and others to…

Link: Denver launches new Driving Change initiative

Filed under: Green Culture, Green Daily, USA

It’s a well-known fact that the way you drive often has just as much impact on your fuel mileage as what you are driving. Lead-footing…

Link: 1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease

(AP) — At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.