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The Impending Dominance of the Electric Car

On May 4th I had the pleasure of attending a Washington Clean Technology Alliance (WCTA) Lunch Seminar to hear James Billmaier, author of JOLT! The Impending Dominance of the Electric Car and Why America Must Take Charge. After listening to Jim speak, I was fully convinced that America will soon become an “electriconomy” as he [...]

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A transportation vision

One of the most interesting people trying to invent the future of transportation is Dan Sturges. An original developer of the GEM electric vehicle, more recently Dan has been a leader at Intrago Mobility, which is promoting a whole-systems approach to transportation. Recently he spoke to a SMART conference, in this 10-minute overview of the [...]

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The futurists and local transportation futures

The past week has been one of publicity for me, Futurist.com, and Seattle-area futurists. The Seattle Times, in their Sunday magazine called Pacific Northwest, did a cover story profile, called “The Futurists.” The writer, Carol Ostrom, had approached me with the concept for a story on future trends and in the initial conversation asked whether [...]

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World on FiRe – Notes & Impressions from FiRe 2009

Last week included four eventful days at the annual Future In Review conference put on by the Strategic News Service. This year, the last at the San Diego Del Coronado was the best of the five I have attended, of the eight that have been held. (full disclosure – I am on the planning committee [...]

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