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Auto and oil industries want to pit hydrogen cars against EVs
A consortium of companies from the car and power industries are teaming up to push hydrogen as the fuel of the future. Plenty of big names are involved, including Toyota, Daimler, BMW, Honda and Hyundai representing the automobile world. On the other side, we have Linde (Industrial Gas), Shell (Oil and Gas), Anglo American (Mining), Total (Oil and Gas) and Engie (Gas). Together, they will form the Hydrogen Council which has the job of positioning "hydrogen among the key solutions of the energy transition."
Reuters at Davos, 2008
Reuters' Eric Krangel Adam Pasick will be interviewing a number of notable personalities in Second Life and simultaneously in Davos, Switzerland this year - the second annual set of Davos/Second Life interviews from our friends at Reuters. Is it just us, or does it get a little weird specifying two places at once?
US dethroned as tech superpower -- hint: not by S.Korea
We're certainly not surprised to see the US fall from the top of the technology heap. While still in the top 10 (above Iceland and below The Netherlands), it's now our taller, thinner Nordic friends in Denmark and Sweden holding the gold and silver positions, respectively. This according to a report by the World Economic Forum. Their rankings are based on the integration of technology in business, available infrastructure, and whether the local government creates a culture which fosters innovation. And what of our technology overlords: S.Korea? 19th, just ahead of Estonia. Hmm. Time to unleash the robots and defend your honor![Via BBC] Read -- WEF world ranking (warning: PDF)
