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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Click on the image above to see the Fisker Karma slideshow. Can't Afford One, But It Costs Nothing to Look While we don't believe that everybody will start driving Teslas and Fiskers anytime soon, these cars are important because they're helping change the image of electric cars, and once that has happened and there's a bigger potential market, it's ...
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Lithium-Iron-Phosphate particule. Is this the "Holy Grail" Battery We've Been Waiting For? Nature published a very interesting paper by MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang & Gerbrand Ceder this week: Battery materials for ultrafast charging and discharging . In it they claim that they have discovered a way to make a lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery charge and discharge about as ...
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“Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity,” that’s the X Prize Foundation’s stock in trade. In the second part of our conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Foundation’s founder and CEO, we hear about other avenues for creating big changes in the realms of clean energy, space travel, and the importance of crazy ideas. Read or listen to the first ...
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Photo: ABG All Hybrid Lineup, But It Might Take a Decade Nissan's CEO Carlos Ghosn has been very vocal about his love of electric cars (see also here and here ), and now it's Infinit's turn to announce some change. According to the luxury automaker's he... Read the original: Infiniti Claims to Want to "Reinvent Itself as Socially Responsible Car ...
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Photo: Ford It Took Ford 5 Years to Reach 100k Milestone Ford's 100,000th hybrid SUV has recently rolled off the assembly line at Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant. So far Ford has been making hybrid versions of its Escape and Mariner SUVs (34 MPG city/31 MPG Highway), and for the 2010 model year it will double its lineup with ...
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All-New Honda Insight Hybrid We finally know how much the new, redesigned, version 2.0 Honda Insight hybrid will sell for: The manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) is $19,800 for the entry-level Insight LX, and the Insight EX with more bells and whistles starts at $21,300. It goes on sale in the US on March 24th, 2009, but it's already ...
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While the US is embroiled in an ongoing debate about how best to regulate auto emissions , Sweden went ahead and announced a plan today that will fiercely cut emissions, encourage people to buy hybrids, and generate tax revenue in the process. At the center of the plan? A huge tax increase on polluting vehicles, and a promise of ...
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Batteries, Supercapacitors, Hydrogen, Hydraulic Hybrids, Compressed Air... Personal transportation is a big part of our lives, but unfortunately the current system pollutes the air and disrupts the climate. Walkable neighborhoods, bikeable cities, and fast public transit can greatly improve things, but cars will also probably stick around for the foreseeable future. Engineers and scientists are working on new ways ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
