Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Image via: CBC News Hemp isn't only TreeHugger approved. It's won this green yogini over in the health department with its number of nutritional benefits. It's an animal-free source of essential fatty acid omegas, proteins and amino acids--all-important for heart, brain and skin health. Who knew that a spoonful of hemp powder wouldn't only find its wa... Read the ...
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Image credit: Zerocarbonista From announcing he would develop a "wind-powered" electric sports car , to the day the Nemesis electric car finally hit the track at 100mph , it's been a long and winding road for Dale Vince"— wind-energy entrepreneur and Go here to see the original: Nemesis Electric Car: 134mph in Wild Safety Tests (Video)
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Photos from Bridgestone Americas Inc . This car turns heads. It's clear. And clearly one of the most efficient in the world. It was built by students at the DeLaSalle Automotive Design Studio in Kansas City, Missouri, as a high school class project.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)
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Image credit: Neptune Network From Climate Camp targeting offset companies , to a renegade protester single-handedly shutting down an entire power plant , the TreeHugger has seen some pretty dramatic direct action protests. But when activists in Norway decided to stop an 80-ton freight train in the far-North of Norway, they chose an interesting tool for doing it - ...
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Image credit: Particle Men From the 100mph "wind-powered" Nemesis through the record-breaking Tesla to the more affordable Nissan Leaf , electric cars are a popular feature here on TreeHugger. So I'm not sure how we missed this one (274,000 views on YouTube tells me it's popular!), but They... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original post: They Might ...
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Nothing new about this; shopping mall parking in 1958. Library of Virginia. Alex recently asked Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage? He was talking about a new parking structure by Herzog and de Meuron on Miami Beach's Lincoln Road, which is a pedestrian street designed by Morris Lapidus . The late architect was fond of over-the-top glitz and ...
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Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg, the main fictional character in the 1873 novel "Around the World in Eighty Days," was an ambitious man. His passion was to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, but he had nothing on Louis Palmer, the Swiss teacher who built his own solar car and took it around the globe to demonstrate the power and ...
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Image credit: Fully Charged Go here to see the original: Road Testing the BMW Mini E Electric Car (Video)
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View original here: This Car Runs on Poop: The Bio Bug
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Image credit: Hyundai USA A US executive for Hyundai has pledged to have that firm's new cars average 50 mpg by 2025, according to an article in Detroit News . Hyundai will do this with "15 percent to 20 percent of its fleet in 2025 as hybrids and plug-ins, as well as 5 percent as fuel cell or electric ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
