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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Photo credit: chego101 / Creative Commons This post was written by Danny Chang, Senior Product Marketing Manager at eBay and contributor to eBayGreenTeam.com. In an ideal world, everyone would be able to ditch their cars , burn some extra calories, and bond with their community on electric subways, buses, and trains. However, since not all public transportation systems are ...
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Paris is one of the European cities working to restrict parking. Photo: mikefats / Creative Commons . What needs to be done to get more people out of their cars? Offer incentives for taking public transportation ? Make driving more expensive? It's a question that's being asked in congested metropolises around the world. But many European cities have found ...
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A cross section of an electric vehicle conversion of a Renault Laguna on display at Better Place in Tel Aviv. Traffic crawled along the beltway outside Tel Aviv as the sun set in bright orange streaks behind the city. I sat with a group of journalists in a silver Volkswagen van that slowly lurched toward the headquarters of Better ...
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Photo by realSMILEY via Flickr Creative Commons Need another reason to quit driving everywhere and take the train instead? How about an app that let's drivers rat each other out to the DMV and insurance companies for driving mistakes. The DriveMeCrazy app encourages drivers to report bad behavior by voicing the offender's license plate into a smartphone, which records ...
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A parking spot transformed into a park in Munich. Image Credit: ITDP-Europe via Flickr If you're ever frustrated by how much urban space is dedicated to cars instead of public use , today is your day. All over the world, citizens, artists and activists are taking part in PARK(ing) Day : taking over metered spaces and transforming them into ...
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bitefight via Torontoist Quote of the Day from David Suzuki in the Georgia Strait: Technological developments [such as electric cars etc.] are welcome, but maybe it's time we started rethinking our car culture as whole. The average car in North America carries 1.5 people, which means that most cars on the road only have a driver in them. Is ...
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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: Future Atlas /Creative Commons The food versus fuel debate already has many people worried that we can't feed the world and power our cars . but some folks are claiming we can power (some of) our cars, feed the world and have a drink in the process. Karin already reported on Scottish efforts to create biofuels from ...
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Image credit: StreetsBlog From a cyclist getting shot for riding with their child in a busy street to a motorist laughing about the "gay frenchman" he killed , there's no doubt that cyclists and car drivers do not always see eye-to-eye. Nevertheless, when I wrote about a campaign to end truck blind spots , I was (rightly) chastised by ...
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Photo via mon2009 Pastoral life has long been emblematic of a harmonious relationship between man and nature -- but that was all shattered recently in a horrific accident that killed nearly an entire flock of sheep . The incident took place on a roadway in Macedonia after a speeding... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more: Speeding Driver Kills ...
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
