Posted: October 28th, 2009 | Author: Steve | Filed under: Business, Cars, Peak Oil, Sustainability | Tags: BEV, biodiesel, biofuel, Business, Cars, corporations, efficiency, electric, Energy, Ford, linkedin, Peak Oil, PHEV, Sustainability, Transparency, Transportation | View Comments
Ford Motor Company may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think about large corporations that are committed to sustainability. After all, the company is one of the oldest and largest industrial corporations around, and produces many of the large SUVs and trucks that are at the center of the current climate controversy. So it may be surprising for some to learn that the company actually has a very extensive sustainability strategy in the works.
Posted: October 14th, 2009 | Author: Steve | Filed under: Technology | Tags: Collaboration, Collective, Data, factual.com, Information, linkedin, open-source, Technology, Transparency | View Comments
Above: U.S. Hikes, a live data table by Factual.com: Click & Scroll to view & edit data.
“Decisions. They are made every day. Some are made on the fly such as when a low fuel alert prompts me to stop at the nearest gas station. Some are more considered, involving detailed research and analysis, perhaps on the Internet or consulting with friends or experts. And others are made for us, by our friends and family, or our government. An important question is: are we all, given the data available to us today, making good, well-informed decisions? One thing is nearly certain, if your data isn’t accurate and accessible, a good decision isn’t likely to follow.” - Factual, Inc. CEO Gil Elbaz
As anyone who has ever tried to write a business plan knows, good, reliable data is hard to come by, and can be very expensive. Los Angeles-based startup Factual.com aims to change all that by creating a free “open data platform”.. The company believes that allowing the crowd to create, edit, discuss, share, substantiate or disagree with the data data will bring true accountability and openness to data.
