Cute Electric Vehicle
April 6, 2011
EWI routinely goes out to visit new manufacturers of green products. Our latest visit was to Myers Motors in northern Ohio. This boutique vehicle manufacturer builds single seat, three wheel NmG (No More Gas) electric vehicles. They will soon be coming out with a two seat model called Duo (Doesn’t Use Oil). Go check them… Read More »
Dirty Green Jobs
March 30, 2011
We recently posted a series of blogs on rare earth elements and how the shortage of these elements will affect manufacturing in the future. One step below the rare earths are the endangered elements such as lithium that are also causing concern due to limited supply. Lithium has become important as its use in batteries… Read More »
The Rare Earth Situation: What Can Be Done?
March 23, 2011
The Rare Earth Situation: What Can Be Done? PART 3 So what can be done? Often, the first question asked about this issue is, “What substitutes exist for rare earths?” Unfortunately, the answer is usually that none exist or substitutes do not perform nearly as well. Many companies do not have a complete understanding… Read More »
The Rare Earth Situation: Why Are They So Important?
March 22, 2011
The Rare Earth Situation: Why Are They Important? PART 2 Less than a decade ago, the United States was the world’s major producer of rare earth materials from Molycorp, Inc.’s Mountain Pass, California mine and refinery. But price pressures from sources in China, coupled with environmental compliance issues, caused Molycorp to cease operations in 2002.… Read More »
The Japanese Nuclear Situation
March 22, 2011We’ve heard so much lately about the situation in Japan. One cannot help but be impacted by the images of devastation from the earthquake and tsunami. The happenings at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant are of grave concern around the world, raising questions such as, “What sorts of mistakes were made by the Japanese… Read More »
