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Amyris Biotechnologies Produces Biodiesel from Sugarcane
We all know sugarcane = ethanol and soybeans = biodiesel, right? Wrong, says the California biotechnology company Amyris Biotechnologies which has opened a biodiesel plant that makes the biodiesel fro...
By ecacofonix on Nov 14, 2008 4:03 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
We've Heard of Gasoline to CO2, Now How about CO2 to Gasoline?
No, I'm not day-dreaming!A Santa Barbara-based developer of technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels earlier this week announced that it anticipates the com...
By ecacofonix on Nov 12, 2008 7:00 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy | CO2 Sequestration |
Are Our Deserts Huge Carbon Sinks?
Climate scientists are beginning to suspect that may be "hidden" deserts could be huge carbon sinks, absorbing about 50% of all the CO2 emitted!Hold on! Don't throw a party. It's only a suspicion, and...
By ecacofonix on Nov 12, 2008 6:51 am
Saved Under : CO2 Sequestration |
When We Thought Like a US Veep!
Former V-P and Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore told an audience at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Friday that we need to use the latest web tools to organize a social movement in order to help re...
By ecacofonix on Nov 11, 2008 2:00 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Enter Obama, Exit Energy Coma - Energy Biggies Refocus on US
BP says it will ditch renewable-enegy investment in Europe and spend its clean-energy cash in the U.S., where the political pastures just got greener. The Guardian says "BP has dropped all plans to bu...
By ecacofonix on Nov 10, 2008 9:18 pm
Saved Under : Energy Policy General |
High Tech Aircraft Powered by Down-to-Earth Jatropha
The world's first commercial aviation flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel moved a step closer in the last week of Oct 2008. The jatropha-based fuel to power one of four engines o...
By ecacofonix on Nov 10, 2008 8:36 pm
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Barack Obama's New Energy Plan for USA
Obama isn't wasting much time on his plans to make America more green, and Big Oil (at least a company starting with a big E) is sure not going to like it.The Obama-Biden comprehensive New Energy for...
By ecacofonix on Nov 08, 2008 12:10 am
Saved Under : Energy Policy General |
Tamilnadu Creating Eco-clubs in School
Once again I'm surprised. It was only a couple of days back I was mighty surprised for the first time when I read that Tamilnadu (a state in India) had won the leadership award for being the greenest...
By ecacofonix on Nov 07, 2008 7:45 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
CellFor Gets $10M for Improved Tree Seedlings
Varietal seedlings have the potential to increase timber yields, reduce diseases and produce high-value wood.Vancouver-based CellFor said it raised $10 million to expand the types and quantities of it...
By ecacofonix on Nov 06, 2008 9:42 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Obama and the Energy Manhattan Project
It's fairly clear that in Obama the US has an environment-friendly president at last. The contrast between Obama and the Texan, oil-industry face of George Bush could not be more striking. That said, ...
By ecacofonix on Nov 06, 2008 9:37 pm
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | Energy Policy General | Regulations Policies |
New Method for Producing Biofuel From Glycerol
Isis Innovation, the technology transfer company for the University of Oxford, recently announced that researchers in the University’s Department of Chemistry have discovered a new way to produce me...
By ecacofonix on Nov 06, 2008 9:22 pm
Saved Under : Waste to Energy | Bio-energy |
New York City Gets Solar Powered Parking Meters
If you are an eco-driver, you'd have sure gotten irritated with parking your car and getting your ticket through an electric machine that remains connected to the grid all through the day wasting a hu...
By ecacofonix on Nov 06, 2008 9:13 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
India Now Shops Electricity on an Exchange
Being located in Chennai (in the state of Tamilnadu), in India, it was indeed a nice feeling to see that Tamilnadu is trying to overcome its electricity problems by trading on an energy exchange.Folks...
By ecacofonix on Nov 06, 2008 9:08 pm
Saved Under : Applications of Energy General | Home Applications |
New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States
Here's an article from Earth Policy Institute that articulates very well the new energy economy that's shaping up in the United States, and the forces that are propelling this evolution. I found this ...
By ecacofonix on Oct 16, 2008 11:36 pm
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy |
Greenhouses Making Spain Cooler
We are all tired of hearing stories about global warming, so how about one on local cooling? Read this...Greenhouses are made to keep things nice and warm for the lovely little seedlings and plants th...
By ecacofonix on Oct 15, 2008 11:50 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General | Global Warming |
Solar Paint Could Generate Renewable Energy Soon!
In a few years, buildings covered in steel sheets could be generating large amounts of solar electricity, thanks to a new photovoltaic paint that is being developed in a commercial partnership between...
By ecacofonix on Oct 01, 2008 1:27 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
Oil Company Total to Make Plastics from Methanol
Total announced today that it inaugurated a demonstration plant in Feluy, Belgium, to make plastics from methanol. The company said the integrated unit is the world's first application of the technol...
By ecacofonix on Oct 01, 2008 10:32 am
Saved Under : Miscellaneous Energy Topics |
Your Phone Now Calculates Your Carbon Footprint
A new software application for your mobile phone makes measuring your carbon footprint easier. All you have to do is carry your phone around - something you do anyway - and the does the calculations f...
By ecacofonix on Sep 30, 2008 10:37 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Castor Oil Biodiesel in Africa from Israeli Consortium
An agreement was signed last week between Lev Leviev's subsidiary L.L. Biofuel Namibia, Orfuel, a subsidiary of Ormat, and Evogene, to create and commercialise biofuel from castor oil.Leviev already o...
By ecacofonix on Sep 30, 2008 10:04 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Scotland Planning First Tidal Energy Turbine Farms
ScottishPower Renewables is planning to apply for planning permission to develop three tidal energy projects, the world’s first, off the coast of Scotland.The first two projects will have 20 turbine...
By ecacofonix on Sep 30, 2008 10:01 am
Saved Under : Ocean Energy |
PetroSun's Algae Farm Pilot Plant in China
PetroSun, Inc. announced today that the Company has executed an agreement with Shanghai Jun Ya Yan Technology Development Co., Ltd. to establish a commercial scale algae farm system pilot facility wit...
By ecacofonix on Sep 30, 2008 9:51 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Vanadium - The Element that could Change the World
For renewable energy to be scalable, there needs to be an effective storage mechanism, because the wind blows when it blows and the sun shines when it shines. Scientists have been trying out various b...
By ecacofonix on Sep 29, 2008 10:51 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy | Wind Energy | Energy Storage |
A Solar Powered Bus that Uses Recycled Materials
"Daisy" is a specially created pop-top bus powered by a solar panel on top and using recycled materials for the interior. This pop-top bus is custom crafted to integrate green features along with trav...
By ecacofonix on Sep 29, 2008 10:41 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy | Environment Ecology General |
NASA Reveals Record-Breaking Loss of Arctic Sea Ice
August 2008 saw the fastest retreat of arctic sea ice on record, according to new NASA data. During that month, sea ice melted at a rate of 32,700 square miles per day, compared with 24,400 square mil...
By ecacofonix on Sep 29, 2008 12:18 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Coke's Growing Armada of Hybrid Delivery Trucks
Adding to the 132 hybrid trucks it already has in circulation across the nation, green (ish) going Coca Cola deployed 10 more to the Miami area last week. The new grand total of 142 evidently makes th...
By ecacofonix on Sep 28, 2008 10:04 am
Saved Under : Transportation |
Cycle Sol - A Bicycle with Solar Panels
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Now how's this for a cool idea?
Scientists have invented a
solar-assisted bicycle that gives riders
extra pedal power, according to this
report. The bicycle, called a Cycle Sol,
has been invent...
By ecacofonix on Sep 28, 2008 9:04 am
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
The New Bull is Coloured Green
Green investing is set to become easier as new markets are emerging and platforms dedicated to the general grey economy’s pollution problems begin to take off in earnest.“A whole new multibillion-...
By ecacofonix on Sep 28, 2008 1:09 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy |
Google 10^100 Project - Help the World, Help Yourself
"At Google, we don't believe we have the answers, but we do believe the answers are out there. Maybe in a lab, or a company, or a university -- but maybe not.Maybe the answer that helps somebody is in...
By ecacofonix on Sep 28, 2008 1:06 am
Saved Under : Miscellaneous Energy Topics |
A Greener Wal-Mart - 9 Million Plastic Bags to be Eliminated
A significant environmental commitment has come out of the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, from an unlikely paring: The Environmental Defense Fund and Wal-Mart. Announced in the Metropolitan...
By ecacofonix on Sep 27, 2008 1:26 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Green Jobs Now - They Are Ready with Green Jobs, Are You Ready for Them?
Green Jobs Now is a new web site that will promote green jobs and facilitate folks interested in getting green collar jobs in getting the jobs they like.Right now, there are millions of people ready ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 27, 2008 12:20 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Sensors in Trees to be Powered by Energy from Trees
Boston, Mass.-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers said this week they’ve engineered a way to use the natural power generated by trees to recharge battery operated sensors t...
By ecacofonix on Sep 27, 2008 12:15 pm
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | Miscellaneous Energy Topics |
Russia, France Keenly Watching Indo-US Nuclear Talks
India seeks out partners to co-develop its nuclear energy potential, worth a mammoth US$ 80 billion.By 2032 the Indian government plans to quadruple total generating capacity, to 700 gigawatts, with n...
By ecacofonix on Sep 27, 2008 12:25 am
Saved Under : Nuclear Energy | Regulations Policies | Energy Trade General |
Is there a clean tech bubble brewing? Many think not
Clean-tech bubble talk is a red herring, says this post.@ CNET. Rather, it says, what we should be worried about is whether companies can raise enough money now owing to the prevailing cash crunch in ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:50 pm
Saved Under : Miscellaneous Energy Topics |
India to be 3rd largest emitter of greenhouse gases by year-end
Global yearly carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have shot up to 8.5 billion tonnes by 2007, from 6.1 billion tonnes in 1992.But the source of emissions has shifted dr...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:44 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General | Global Warming |
Solar Power Refrigerator Outfit Lands Funding
Promethean Power Systems, a start-up developing solar-powered refrigerators for India, has raised a round of angel funding from the Quercus Trust.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinoff is c...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:21 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
Lower Cost Conversion of CO2 to Fuel from Carbon Sciences
Carbon Sciences is developing a biocatalytic process to convert CO2 to low-carbon hydrocarbons.Carbon Sciences, Inc. is developing a process to transform CO2 into low-carbon hydrocarbons (C1 to C3) fo...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:15 pm
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | CO2 Sequestration |
German solar reaches 40-percent efficiency
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE said they’ve recorded a new record for multi-junction solar cells.The institute said its researchers have been able to boost sola...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 10:53 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
Peugeot Facile - An Electric Vehicle that Changes Shape
The Peugeot Facile is an electric vehicle that knows how to adapt with changing conditions and needs. Designed by Thierry Dumaine, the concept car can shift from being a complete car to a tricycle or ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 10:43 pm
Saved Under : Transportation |
Renewable Energy Made Up More than 10% of All Domestically Produced Energy in the US
Renewable energy made up just more than 10 percent of all the domestically-produced energy in the U.S. in the first half of this year (2008) and about 7 percent of that energy used in the country.This...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:25 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy |
Einstein Fridge Design that Aids Global Cooling is Making a Comeback
An electrical engineer at Oxford has completed a prototype of a refrigerator designed by Albert Einstein. This refrigerator does not use Freon, a toxic greenhouse gas worse than carbon dioxide, ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:22 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General | Global Warming |
Electric Device Promises Better Gas Efficiency
Researchers at Temple University today said today they had developed a simple electrically charged tube, which when attached to a car’s fuel line can boost energy efficiency by as much as 20 percent...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 11:19 am
Saved Under : Energy Efficiency |
Investec Targets A$2 Billion of Australian Wind Farms
Investec, the South African investment bank, intends to develop more than A$2 billion ($1.7 billion) of wind-power projects in Australia to tap a government program encouraging increased use of renewa...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 1:21 am
Saved Under : Wind Energy |
Green Energy to Create 20 Million Jobs by 2030: U.N.
Development of alternative energy should create more than 20 million jobs around the world in coming decades as governments adopt policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a U.N. repor...
By ecacofonix on Sep 26, 2008 1:12 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | Miscellaneous Energy Topics |
Dell's New Laptops Have Energy Efficient LED Displays
Dell has announced that it plans have LED (light-emitting diode) backlit displays in 80 percent of its computers by 2008 and in all of them by 2010. LED displays consume 43 percent less energy for a 1...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 12:46 pm
Saved Under : Energy Efficiency |
Sapphire Energy Getting a 100 Million $ Funding Shouldn't Be Surprising
It shouldn’t have been too surprising that Sapphire Energy, which is pursuing oil from algae, has reeived a relatively large funding of 100 million $ recently from Cascade Investments & Venrock Par...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 12:43 pm
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Identifying Foods that Can Survive Climate Changes
The Global Crop Diversity Trust recently earmarked 1.5 million dollars towards screening the world’s food supply for natural resistances to floods, temperature change, and droughts. The Trust ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 11:50 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General | Global Warming |
Toyota's Record-Breaking Solar Array in California
Toyota's new solar array on the roof of its North America Parts Center California (NAPCC) manufacturing plant is the biggest single-roof solar installation in North-America. At 242, 000 square feet, i...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 11:47 am
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
$480M Indian Refinery for jatropha oil from Bharat Renewables
Bharat Petroleum venture plans output of 1 million metric tons of biodiesel by 2015. Mumbai-based Bharat Renewable Energy plans to spend Rs 2,200 crore ($480 million) to grow more than a million acres...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 11:36 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Generator Produces Energy from Turning Wheels of Trailer
Paul Wilkis has a patent pending tech “Electricity on Wheels” which he hopes would be the future of power-producing generators. His generator is nothing beyond a trailer that can be hooked up to a...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 11:32 am
Saved Under : Transportation |
Carbon Storage 'Competitive' by 2030, Says McKinsey
By 2030, the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-polluting coal power plants could be reduced to levels where it can compete with other low-carbon technologies, including...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 11:27 am
Saved Under : CO2 Sequestration | Carbon Credits |
South Africa Boosts Research into Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
The South African government has announced plans to increase spending into the research of hydrogen and fuel cell technology over the next three years, an increase of about $50 million, reports this p...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 11:22 am
Saved Under : Hydrogen Energy |
Largest Field of Switchgrass for Bioenergy
Oklahoma has secured 1,100 acres of land for the world's largest stand of switchgrass devoted to cellulosic ethanol production. Planting will take place soon. The critical piece of this effort is 1,00...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 6:25 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Can Biofuels Clean Up Chernobyl?
Decontaminating the lands affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is the Belarus government's number one priority, and it will pursue this by building up a giant biofuels sector according to Mr And...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 6:21 am
Saved Under : Nuclear Energy | Environment Ecology General |
e-Charkas - A Fitting Tribute to Gandhi
Originally designed as the “Ambar charkha” by Ekambar Nath, the e-charkha developed by R.S. Hiremath of Bangalore is a hand-operated spinning wheel that can generate electricity for six to seven h...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 6:18 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy |
Suzlon Green Power Commits $5 Billion to Renewable Energy
Suzlon Green Power Ltd. announced today a commitment to develop 3,500 megawatts of new renewable energy, primarily in India and China. Of the $5 billion project value, Suzlon will provide approximatel...
By ecacofonix on Sep 25, 2008 6:11 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy |
Tirumala Temple Replaces Diesel with Solar
Once even our places of faith and worship start embracing green, the green message is likely to spread even faster among the ordinary masses.A case in point is the Tirumala Temple in south India. One ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 24, 2008 12:06 pm
Saved Under : Solar Energy |
R.K. Pachauri Now Has a Blog of his Own
The well-known economist and environmental activist, who also shared the Nobel Prize last year with Al Gore, now has his own blog. Admittedly, there are few posts right now (two, to be precise), but ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 11:52 pm
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
E.coli can now help produce plastic
Scientists at San Diego-based sustainable chemical company Genomatica Inc. have made an interesting discovery of late. They have announced that Escherichia coli (E. coli), a bacterium generally found ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 11:46 pm
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Netherlands Homes to be Powered by Chicken Manure
The world’s largest biomass power plant running exclusively on chicken manure has opened in the Netherlands. The power plant will deliver renewable electricity to 90,000 households. It has a capacit...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 11:37 pm
Saved Under : Waste to Energy |
Renewable Power Sources for Mobile Operators
The trade group GSMA has introduced a new plan that will help boost renewable power sources for mobile operators in developing countries. This new plan will make a serious dent in diesel use and carbo...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 7:19 am
Saved Under : Wind Energy |
Warmer seas create stronger storms, says scientists
Due to climate change our seas and oceans are getting warmer. And now scientists have confirmed that a warmer temperature in the waters will create stronger storms, such as Katrina in 2005 and the mo...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 7:15 am
Saved Under : Global Warming | Environment Ecology General |
Eight Lessons from Twitter Energy Monitoring
Two weeks and 77 tweets later, the Twitter “green_watch” project has come to an end. Lots of insights, problems raised, and beginning of answers.The goal was to use Twitter as a real time, online ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 12:10 am
Saved Under : Energy Economics General | Energy Efficiency | Energy Conservation |
FedEx Implements Mega Energy Efficiency Measures
"As soon as planes dock for unloading and loading, their engines are shut off to save fuel. Auxiliary power is handled with auxiliary electric power provided by hubs such as Oakland. This approach at ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 23, 2008 12:06 am
Saved Under : Energy Efficiency |
$402m Tidal Energy Plant For New Zealand
New Zealand’s Northern Advocate reports that a US $402 million (NZ $600m) proposal to generate electricity with 200 tidal-powered turbines submerged at the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour could get ...
By ecacofonix on Sep 22, 2008 2:08 pm
Saved Under : Ocean Energy |
Biofuels to be 10 to 15 % of fuel supply by 2020 - Accenture
The multinational consulting company Accenture has launched a new report on the future of biofuels. This time, it has a more optimistic tone than last time we heard from them. According to their concl...
By ecacofonix on Sep 22, 2008 2:04 pm
Saved Under : Bio-energy |
Italy Vows a Return to Nuclear Energy
Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced the introduction of “a national energy plan” on Saturday, including a return to nuclear power.A month after the conservatives and their embattl...
By ecacofonix on Sep 22, 2008 12:33 pm
Saved Under : Nuclear Energy |
India's Reliance Group to supply 40% of India's gas, oil!
Indian petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries Ltd will account for about 40 per cent of the country's energy production in the next 18 to 24 months, putting the company on track to earn a quarter of...
By ecacofonix on Sep 22, 2008 8:13 am
Saved Under : Natural Gas | Oil |
A Breakthrough For Electric Vehicles - LiFePO4 Batteries
Soon, we’ll probably be seeing Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries being used in most electric cars and bikes, says this post at MetaEfficient. This new battery type is set to dominate the ma...
By ecacofonix on Sep 22, 2008 5:44 am
Saved Under : Transportation |
Top Alternative Fuels - Algae Oil, Designer Hydrocarbons, Biobutanol and More
In this interesting article, Popular Mechanics crunches the numbers on alternative fuels for the real world. Here's the list:1. Cellulosic ethanol (biological method and gasification method)2. Algal b...
By ecacofonix on Sep 21, 2008 9:36 am
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy |
A Wind Energy Company that Has Grown 100% last 8 Years
"The Urumqi-based Goldwind, the world's largest wind turbine maker, has seen 100 per cent growth in each of the past eight years. (Source: Telegraph)A 100% growth for 8 years means a cumulative growt...
By ecacofonix on Sep 27, 2008 1:01 am
Saved Under : Energy Trade General | Wind Energy |
Could the Financial Crisis Reshape the Energy & Alt Energy Industry?
How does the financial-market meltdown affect the energy ecosystem? When the cash machines dry up for the little guys, industry players with deep pockets get set to go hunting. Read this short and int...
By ecacofonix on Sep 21, 2008 1:03 am
Saved Under : Energy Trade General | Miscellaneous Energy Topics |
Ethanol for fuel companies hit by cash crunch
Shares of U.S. ethanol makers took a beating on Wednesday as they wrestle with unpredictable corn prices and dwindling cash piles at a time when capital markets look unlikely to provide easy financing...
By ecacofonix on Sep 21, 2008 12:55 am
Saved Under : Bio-energy | Energy Trade General |
A Secret Eco-village in Wales - Quite Amazing!
Can you believe it?A secretive eco-village exists in the heart of modern civilization. Hmmph...? No, this is not some sort of a novel or story I'm writing!Years ago, a pilot spied the middle-class dev...
By ecacofonix on Sep 21, 2008 12:46 am
Saved Under : Environment Ecology General |
Sewer Free Office @ Univ of British Columbia
The primary flaw in our sewer system design is that we use fresh water to dispose of feces, says this interesting post @ MetaEfficient . This is because it pollutes fresh water, and it requires munic...
By ecacofonix on Sep 20, 2008 7:16 am
Saved Under : Waste to Energy |
France is Europe’s 2nd leading producer of sustainable energy
Many countries in Europe appear to be way ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to use of renewable resources. The countries that come to mind most are Finland and Netherlands (and of late, Ger...
By ecacofonix on Sep 19, 2008 11:56 pm
Saved Under : Other Alternative Energy | Energy Policy General |
Police Vehicles Going Hybrid for 6 Months in Honolulu
The Honolulu police department has started a 6-month pilot program testing a half dozen Toyota Camry hybrids. The department is evaluating the gas-electric sedans to determine their suitability as pat...
By ecacofonix on Sep 19, 2008 11:47 pm
Saved Under : Transportation |
The Greenest Disco in the World
In cutting-edge Holland, a nightclub in Rotterdam reopened its doors with the promise of being the ‘greenest disco in the world’, reports this post @ Energy Refuge. How so? The owners of Watt, the...
By ecacofonix on Sep 16, 2008 10:46 am
Saved Under : Human Powered Energy |
Dying for a Cookie - Orangutans and Other Species Die for Our Palm Oil Biofuel
The demand for palm oil in Europe has soared in the last two decades, first for use in food and cosmetics, and more recently for fuel.Now it is increasingly difficult to ignore the mounting body of sc...
By ecacofonix on Sep 15, 2008 9:58 am