Martin Lamonica
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Martin LaMonica is a reporter at CNET's Green Tech blog. Automated tweets of Green Tech blog at GreenTechNews.
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#goinggreen Panel on clean tech bubble panel shed little light except that role of gov will be discussed ad nauseum http://bit.ly/anSV94
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Safer bet to making money in smart grid is to develop apps for business, not consumers #goinggreen http://bit.ly/cs0uwA
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Fun factor will sell EVs, not mandates sez Henrik Fisker though fisker got $500+M US gov loan. Karma now due at end of next yr #mitec
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In natural gas panel @ #mitec US got tons of it, can deal w/water contamination, they say. MIT moderator sees no 'technical issues' re:h20
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J.Rowe, CEO of utilty exelon has energy solution: renewable mandate, nukes, and carbon regs. can do whole lot w/carbon $20-30/ton #mitec
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Play climate modeler/negotiator with widget or web app- research from MIT Sloan's J Sterman http://bit.ly/WVwvp #MITEnergyconf
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Why ARPA-E summit was like clean tech high school (photos, video) http://bit.ly/9vqJYv
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RT @mrcleantech : Top 10 venture backed #cleantech companies from @WSJ http://bit.ly/a9Q0xz
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@alexismadrigal I imagine peak power from solar helps justify the cost--you're sharing one turbine but still have two power gen sources.
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Storage, schmorage. Hybrid solar-natural gas plant in Fla. tackles intermittency http://nyti.ms/cipTsO
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Please note that that photo of Steven Chu is not "public domain" so please do not use it any more.
It's a doctored v… http://disq.us/djv5i
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ClimateWire: Will U.S. Companies Be Shut Out of Clean-Tech Markets by China and Other Competitors? http://nyti.ms/acrEvS
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Big Oil proposes a carbon 'fee' on fuels rather than cap+trade, senators running w/it http://nyti.ms/akbCPN Is carbon tax talk back?
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At #arpae summit, the glass is half full, or is it half empty? http://bit.ly/cWyl6A
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Hearing Secretary Chu talk is like going to grad school. unabashed nerd. http://bit.ly/ahnvYo #arpae
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Regular theme at #arpae summit is (slipping) US global competitiveness. GE's Immelt, KP's Doerr, etc. http://bit.ly/92dE9n
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back after 2 wk vacation. I agree w/ sentiment here: What’s Better: Saving the World or Building Another Facebook app? http://tcrn.ch/a0C3V2
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Plug-in cars will sell at first in *regions* just like I see Priuses everywhere I live. U can order #Leaf in Aug http://bit.ly/c9AABG
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People r underestimating value of touch interface RT @katiefehren : RT @om : Why I Am Excited About the iPad http://bit.ly/b5wojN from @gigaom
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The story line of China v. US green tech race is more like 2-way street, argues enviro journo http://bit.ly/aLWcZV
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IBM researchers design solar cell w/ eye towards what's in the ground, ie abundant materials. See limits to CIGS http://bit.ly/cxduCC
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Visited mock-up of Boulder #smartgrid trial. The latest pitch to consumers: set it and forget it http://bit.ly/a5n8LO
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One Block Off the Grid: Bulk solar, tell your friends. Solar broker raises $5M http://bit.ly/an28nl
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Are Facebook and Twitter sucking money away from funding green tech innovation? http://bit.ly/ahwASB
