Americans are also drinking a lot more energy drinks and sports drinks, but soda is still America's most popular drink.
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, EVS
If you had to name one of the biggest game-change moments that the electric vehicle could bring to the world, try this one:
Every prior attempt to electrify the car has assumed the vehicle would be the energy carrier. By comparison, the grid is much more efficient at moving en...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, USA, Racing
No, that's not a Mitsubishi i-MiEV in a fat suit, it's the automaker's brand-new all-electric race car, and it's set to take on the 2012 Pike's Peak International Hill Climb in July. This isn't the first time we've seen an EV enter the Pike's Peak challenge - Nissan commissioned a Leaf for battle last year, a...
About an hour drive outside of the packed streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and into the sprawling Sorocaba region, GE has quietly been leading the way on clean water technology.
The best of EcoSalon’s stories this week. Salt is itself an uncomplicated compound – it’s how we use it that’s so fascinating. Take these staggeringly intricate installations by artist Motio Yamamoto. Similarly, from simple grapes come extraordinarily diverse wines, and not just in Europe – check out these 10 Californian winerie...
Some more solar energy news from around the net to wrap up the week: SolarCity & Clean Currents have teamed up to offer fixed-price Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for solar power with as little as $0 down and long-term electricity discounts/savings. The largest city-sponsored solar financing program in the U.S. has relaunched in Phoenix, Arizon...
Some more top wind energy new from around the internet: Western Wind Energy Corp. is acquiring a whopping 4,000 MW of wind energy projects from Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings. “Cost of the acquisition is $20 Million US, payable by the issuance of 8 Million common shares at a deemed value of $2.50 per share US.” The Ministry of New and Re...
Some more top energy efficiency news from around the internet: Lighting Science Group has completed the first phase of a relighting project in Washington, D.C. that will “save the city tens of thousands of dollars each year in energy costs” (and a lot of energy). ”Already results show these new light fixtures are saving energy —...
Some more top clean transportation news from around the internet: BMW, Siemens, Daimler, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and many others are working together on joint research project called Visio.M to “develop concepts to produce electric cars that are efficient, safe, and inexpensive,” BMW reports. “Lead manager of the proj...
Read the rest of 6 Monstrous Sculptures Made From Recycled Vehicles Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Art, Carhenge, chinese art, cows, Edouards Martinet, Finnish sculptore, French Art, grey cars, Honda, Jim Reinders, Lada Samara Diva, Legend of Iron, Miina Äkkijyrkkä, Neatherlands, Nebraska, recycled animal sculptures, recycled bi...
Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, North America, USA
Another day, another opinion on the feasibility of E15.
This time, a group called the Coordinating Research Council released a study saying that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to push for allowing gas with a 15-percent ethanol blend (aka E15) to be sold to the...
The C-MAX is a compact hybrid utility vehicle and the Ford's first dedicated line of hybrids. The 2013 C-MAX Hybrid will be available this fall with a base price of $25,995.
Every day is better with a new track. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Mother In Law by Cumbancha Every day we bring you one track for a little musical inspiration. Have a track you want to submit? Email us at contact@ecosalon.com. Image: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
This a guest post by Jean Laherrère, a long-time guest contributor to TheOilDrum.
Defining deepwater oil as the offshore resource found in water depths over 500 m, the data available as of October of 2010 was pointing to an ultimate around 150 Gb. This is the result of an extrapolation made last year:
Figure 1: world deepwater (>500 m) creaming...
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