green-thinking entrepreneurs.

see how today's entrepreneurs are putting their money where their mouth is with carbon-footprint minimizing extreme ideas ranging from 3-wheel spaceship-like vehicles to gypsum-free drywall to a recycling bin equipped with a tracking device (recyclebank) that pays out to its clients based upon their recycling contribution to an idea that blows my own mind: a renewable plastic. really? wow.

if you had the money and time, what kind of innovative idea would you create to further the green cause?

look who's behind it all:
steve fambro of aptera
sungevity
ron gonen of recyclebank
pelamis wave power and enersys
saul griffith of makani power
nau
serious materials
amyris
david rosenberg of hycrete
frederic scheer of cereplast
howard levine and ian bruce of venture vehicles

note: gypsum plays a leading role in producing the global-warming toxin carbon dioxide.

pg&e: sunnyside up

pacific gas and electric company (pg&e) is making major strides in assisting with the energy crisis of our nation and the world.

within the outstretched region of the mojave desert, pg&e has signed on with solel-msp-1 for 553 megawatts of solar power, equivalent to powering 400,000 homes. the solar power renewable energy source will serve to pg&e customers in central and northern california. this commitment between pg&e and solel will construct the largest solar power span in the world.

expected to be fully-operational in 2011, the mojave solar park plant will cover 6000 acres, nine square miles, and will rely on 1.2 million mirrors and 317 miles of vacuum power to capture the desert sun's heat source.