There is a new show on cable’s Planet Green channel. It’s “Living with ED“, a team of husband and wife, that will keep you entertained while providing tips on how to be green. Ed is the environmentalist while the wife just makes fun of him. Both are hilarious. The funny part is when Ed and his [...]
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Will the motorcross community welcome the all electric Zero Motorcycles? I don’t think it’ll be a hard sell. The benefits of instant torque, no emissions, no noise, and low operating costs out weighs the gas horsepower. The inventor of the Zero is Neil Saiki, once a NASA aeronautical engineer who wanted to build a clean, quiet ride that [...]
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Louis Palmer is a school teacher from Switzerland who is on a world wide tour to raise awareness of global warming and the affects that petroleum has on the world. The alternative solution he’s demonstrating to get around is a solar [...]
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Slaughter houses around the world rejoice, you no longer have to dump the dirty animal waste into streams, rivers, and landfills. Dr. Joseph Adelegan of Nigeria, came up with a way to convert slaughter house waste into biogas for cooking food. The energy is recovered anaerobically from waste water and solids is a cost-effective solution [...]
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ITM Power is a British hydrogen company that developed an affordable way to produce hydrogen from a compact unit that can be fitted into existing homes. Their research started in the 90’s resulted in a piece of plastic that can split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. It took six years and twenty-five thousand attempts to [...]
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It’s the IN thing to do these days to be green. Even the rich and famous have stepped up by appearing at Hollywood events arriving in style with a fuel efficient Toyota Prius or an all electric Tesla. Take for example this Solarjo Power Purse. The bright idea came from Joe Hynek from Iowa State University who [...]
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What better way to reduce your carbon footprint then to downsize your house, but the extraordinary thing about this story is that the Salwen family will donate a large portion of the sale of their historic mansion (about $800k) to The Hunger Project. It all started when their daughter Hannah noticed a homeless person on [...]
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Toyota plans to include a solar roof on the up coming next generation 2009/2010 Prius according to the Nikkei business daily. The solar panel has enough juice just to power the air conditioner though not to make it go. It’s more about showing how green the car is then anything else. I applaud Toyota for [...]
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How about that, what better way to cut back on burning gas while pleasure boating? Why fly a kite of course. Dan Tracy of Maui has modified a 24-foot Corsair trimaran and fitted it with the kite sailing winch to propel the vessel. The 18 meter squared kite is slowly released higher up then conventional sails to catch stronger winds. There’s no [...]
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Is it really possible for an old mustang with 400 horses and 500 ft lbs of torque get a whopping 110 miles to the gallon? Well a mechanic from Napoleon, OH by the name of Doug Pelmear claims he’s been tweaking his ride for ten years now and has entered it into the X Prize contest. [...]
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