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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Tired of seeing similar reviews of the Chevrolet Volt ? Here's one for you by Gene Weingarten, a man who's definitely not a automotive journalist and who probably couldn't write a typical review even if he tried to. Some of you might remember Mr. Weingarten's best-known work : "his chronicling of a world-class violinist (Joshua Bell) who, as an ...
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Photo: Toyota Which Could Mean Lower Prius Prices in Japan and Elsewhere What is today "cutting edge" will tomorrow be something else. That's the way technological progress works, and that's what Toyota has found is happening with its Prius brand in Japan (and most likely elsewhere soon). "Because of its high sales volume, car buyers are now more likely ...
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Photo: Zipcar Making Car-Sharing Even Greener Toyota's plug-in version of the Prius hybrid won't come out before 2012, but thanks to a deal with car-sharing company Zipcar, some lucky Zipcar members in Boston/Cambridge, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, will be able to get an early preview. Zipcar has taken delivery of 8 Prius PHEVs, and the goal is for ...
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Photo: VW 1-Liter Car V.3 Volkswagen's 1-Liter Car started out as a slippery 660 pounds diesel , evolved into a more futuristic-looking 840 pounds diesel-hybrid , and is now - in its third generation - a plug-in diesel hybrid that looks a lot like the second generation but now has a plug. VW rates it at 0.9 L/100 km ...
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Image: MMC Transitioning Away from the Internal Combustion Engine Mitsubishi, the maker of the lovely electric Jellybean (aka the i-MiEV electric car ), has plans to introduce 8 hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and battery-powered (BEV) models by 2015. They anticipate increased demand for "low-carbon" cars and want to position themselves as a major source of those. (Whether they ...
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Photo: GM Other EVs to Follow Not to be outdone by its competitor Hertz, which announced that many models of electric cars will be available in 2011 , Enterprise car rental says that it will have Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids on offer for daily and weekly rentals later this month, though at first only at the Mark Christopher Auto ...
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Photo: schnaars , CC Hybridization Isn't Just for Private Vehicles Eaton makes, among other things, hybrid drivetrains for commercial trucks and buses. The most familiar models to most people is probably the one used by UPS for local deliveries, but their hybrid vehicles are also used as city buses, school buses, package delivery trucks, beverage delivery trucks, refrigerated delivery ...
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Photo: Ford All Coming from the Same Factory I guess now we know how former U.S. president George W. Bush spends his time: Driving cars for photoshoots! Kidding aside, this post is about the 2012 Focus. Ford has announced that thanks to a $550 million investment in their Michigan Assembly Plant (which used to make gas guzzling SUVs, and ...
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC But With all the Advantages of Supercapacitors As you can see above, graphene is a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms, very similar to carbon nanotubes , except for the "tube" part. This wonder-material has very interesting electrical properties that have allowed researchers to create a graphene-based supercapacitor that exhibits a "specific energy density of ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
