Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Buoys
Wave power takes its first baby steps. Instantly, whinging descends from all sides.
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Things I learned from the L.A. Times piece on Dingell
Rep. John Dingell is Polish stock — his immigrant grandfather changed the name from Dzieglewicz. Who knew?
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Go big or play it safe
I’ve had the Lieberman-Warner climate bill proposal (PDF) printed out for a couple weeks now, but still haven’t gotten around to reading it. Bad blogger! The general assessment from other quarters seems to be: eh. Medium. The big flaw is that it gives around 25% 75% of its permits away. Bad, bad, bad, but maybe […]
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Comin’ ’round the bend
Coming to a showroom near you: a $30,000 all-electric sedan with a top speed of 80mph and a range of 120 miles per charge. Why the low price? It’s made in China, with cheap labor and advanced lithium ion batteries that came out of government-funded research. There’s competition: Phoenix Motors has a four-door utility truck […]
