Saturday, September 6th, 2008
The media has helped convince Americans that offshore drilling for oil in the United States will significantly reduce gasoline prices, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Although the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency has stated that the benefits from such drilling would be too small ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
The Ventomobile runs with the wind and on it too.
A team of German students built the a wind-powered vehicle -- the Ventomobile - featured above. The design is the brainchild of InVentus, a collaborative effort between Stuttgart University students of Aerospace Engineering. The team finished first in the ...
Posted in Electricity, Geoengineering, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Research, Start-ups, Sustainability, Wind-Power, Wind-Turbines, green-technology | No Comments »
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
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The roof of Chicago City Hall features a 22,000-square-foot rooftop garden.
Credit: Katrin Scholz-Barth
Green roofs, widely implemented in Germany, Switzerland, and other European countries, as well as in Canada, are becoming increasingly well known in the United States. Green roofs counteract the effect of impervious surfaces in urban areas like sidewalks, ...
Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, Climate-Change, Energy-Storage, Finance, LEED, Lifecycles, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Sustainability, biomass, green-building, green-technology, law, materials | No Comments »
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
One liter of fuel would supply the UK enough energy for an entire year if efficiency in the car industry had risen at the same rate as it did in computer technology, according to the calculations made by highly regarded British computer scientist.
The efficiency gains would have extended the life ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Click on Each Map Separately for Higher-Resolution:
Also see --- Map of U.S. Wind Power Resources
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
The PAC-Car II became the world's most fuel-efficient car during the Shell Eco-marathon in Ladoux, France on June 26, 2005. The hydrogen-powered vehicle travelled the equivalent of 5,385 km on a single liter of gasoline (12,666 MPG). Check out the video.
Posted in Batteries, Eco-Efficiency, Green-Cars, Hydrogen, Research, Sustainability | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
New plug-in hybrid cars and trucks might be capable of dramatically reduce the aggregate impact on national power generation resources if they are charged at night, a new government study by DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory reports.
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
A new website features a free interactive flash graphic that allows users to see the amount of carbon emissions currently being created in every country of the world.
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