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clean air & energy | no longer infinite commodities?

“My generation, as a baby-boomer, looks at clean air and energy as infinite commodities. The generation coming up looks at it totally differently.”

Tony Milikin, Chief Sustainability Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Some American firms are taking climate change so seriously that they are surprising even former critics.

Such commitment includes energy-efficiency measures and new wind and solar projects that companies are helping to build around the world.

Rather than buy the bulk of their power from utilities, which can rarely guarantee 100% clean energy to their customers, companies are using power-purchase agreements (PPAs). Through PPAs companies sign long-term contracts to buy clean electricity at agreed prices from firms that develop solar and wind farms.

See:

“Big business sees the promise of clean energy” | The Economist, 10 June 2017

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smart luxury | Tesla surpasses Ford & GM in market value

Tesla has surpassed Ford and GM in market value.

Investors investors are betting that the world’s appetite for electric vehicles will continue to grow and that Tesla will grow with it.

Although the big automakers are financially healthy and produce the best-selling types of vehicles, like trucks and sport utility vehicles, they are perceived as lagging in cutting-edge technology like alternative power and autonomy.

See:

“Tesla Hits a New Milestone, Passing G.M. In Valuation” | The New York Times, 10 April 2017

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