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Another Amazing Zero Emission Transport Solution
Imagine setting out for work on a crisp fall morning and instead of boarding a train, bus or car you climb onto, or rather balance precariously, on the centre of a huge one-wheeled vehicle made for one. This is the monowheel, and it's one of the most bizarre transport designs which has enthralled inventors for over a century and a half.
Continue reading...1% of Australia’s Geothermal Energy = 26,0000 Years of Clean Electricity
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Just when we thought there were no more new fandangled ways of deriving energy from our shriveling planet, Australia comes up trumps. Scientists there believe untapped geothermal energy locked in three miles below the Earth’s surface is a worthwhile and completely sustainable alternative to using fossil fuels.
Continue reading...Is Global Warming Cooking an Acidic Sea Urchin Soup?
Monday, August 4, 2008
It’s no secret that we’re all doomed but now scientists have found that the underwater world isn’t having such a fab time either. Since the sea sequesters carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere its pH levels are rising. This means sea animals whose shells or skeletons are made of calcium carbonate are literally dissolving due to the increased acidity in the water, and in some cases failing to reproduce.
Continue reading...Hordes of Mongolians Invade Cities to Escape Global Warming
Friday, February 22, 2008
Hundreds of years ago Ghengis Khan led a thundering horde of Mongolian horsemen across Asia and into Europe, conquering nearly everything in his path in a quest for world domination. A traditional Mongolian nomadic camp. Image by Lady Anu Now the ancestors of those fierce warriors are staging a [...]
Continue reading...Group to Fight Global Warming with Free Tap Water
Monday, February 11, 2008
In an effort to fight global warming and pollution, a government funded consumer group and a major water supplier will push to have British restaurants offer free tap water without making customers ask. Image by Roger McLassus This may seem weird for our American readers. Although bottled water is [...]
Continue reading...Yale Reduces Emissions 17%
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Yale University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% since committing to a steep reduction in 2005, President Richard C. Levin reported today in a speech at the University of Copenhagen. The Environmental Science Center at Yale University “The good news is that we’ve reduced our carbon emissions [...]
Continue reading...Environmentalists Up In Arms Over New $2600 Car
Monday, January 7, 2008
An Indian firm is selling new cars for under $2,600, a move that has been criticized as a ticking time bomb by environmental groups. The car is reportedly very similar to, though smaller than, this Tata Indiva. The so-called “People’s Car”, the RS 1 Lakh, is manufactured [...]
Continue reading...What to Expect at Bali: Nothing, Or Worse
Thursday, December 13, 2007
The Bali climate conference taking place right now is one of the most important, if not the most important, climate conferences since the conference at which the Kyoto Treaty was designed. This conference has a potential to achieve something, at least compared to other recent conventions. Throughout late [...]
Continue reading...The Solution to High Carbon Emissions on the Road? Gigantic Trucks!
Monday, November 26, 2007
In what at first glance seems like a contradictory move, the British government is pushing gigantic trucks as a way to cut carbon emissions and costs. Vroom The trucks are called LHVs, for longer, heavier vehicles, or “superlorries”. They are similar to
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Friday, August 29, 2008
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