“Moving goods and people from place to place in a carbon constrained future will be dependent on sailing vessels, hybrid/fossil free electric ships, and people/electric, powered transport for first and last mile logistics. “
Part one, the Origins of the Center for Post Carbon Logistics Traditional knowledge is in danger and its disappearance would not only cause the loss of people’s
Despite its present dominance, our current logistics system engaged in moving people and goods from place to place is fragile. It is reliant upon carbon-based
Reprinted from Low Tech Magazine with Permission Before the Industrial Revolution, people adjusted their energy demand to a variable energy supply. Our global trade and
February 29, 2012 , In Solar Power, with permission from LANDGENERATOR The history of renewable energy is fascinating. We posted a while back about early efforts to
Originally posted on the Archdruid Report now https://www.ecosophia.net/ by John Michael Greer, March 2014. Reprinted with permission of the author. I have yet to hear
Melding 19th and 21st Century Technologies for Waterborne Freight and Passenger Transport Our world is now convulsed by three great converging crises: climate change, global economic instability,
The United States is having a maritime moment. Maritime is back on the national agenda. The Maritime Action Plan, the SHIPS for America Act,and now the Administration’s August 13 memorandum on rebuilding the Navy and America’s shipbuilding industrial…
Roboat, the Amsterdam-based startup developing autonomy systems for transport over water, announced a step towards scaling up operations as Unse Reinema, CEO and co-founder, is handing over the reins to Joshua Jordan. Joshua Jordan has been with Roboat since the beginning.
Record recruiting results are allowing the Coast Guard to fully staff six stations and restore full operations in 2027. The stations operated at reduced capacity because of workforce shortages. Additional stations will return to full operations…
The European Commission has pushed adoption of an implementing regulation setting detailed eligibility requirements for carbon credits used by EU-based airlines to comply with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) to the first quarter of 2027, according to […]
MRV Systems, a subsidiary of General Oceans ASA, announced that it is one of three awardees of a three-year US Navy Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with an upper limit of $51.2 million. Under the IDIQ, MRV has received the first…