Good News: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dropped by 1.1 Percent in 2009
Among the dozen of bad news that keep filling our mailboxes daily, we once in a while read something worth smiling at: the global greenhouse emissions generated by energy use dropped for the first time since 1998, by 1.1 percent. Through this, the economic crisis has its good actions, because it reduced the industrial production and fossil fuel consumption worldwide.
Hawaii To Run $1 Billion Undersea Cable That Will Share Wind Power Between Islands
Replacing Hawaii's dirty diesel powered generators that provide the electricity necessary to run the islands isn't an easy job. The state's current plan is to feed Oahu, the state's most populated island, through an undersea cable, from the wind farms on the islands Molokai and Lanai.
An Idea to Naturally Harvest Algae for Biofuels By Using Stable Ocean Currents
Here's an interesting idea to cultivate algae that could be transformed into biodiesel. The basic idea is that people should use the stable currents that exist in the Pacific ocean to carry algae from one point to another, time during which the algae should mature with the ocean's support and some slowly-dissolving nutrients that should float along with them.
Scientists Use Palladium as Core to New Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Improving Nanoparticle
Hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity when fed with hydrogen, which combines with oxygen and results water. Still, hydrogen fuel cells are expensive due to the catalyst used in the cathode for the reaction known as oxygen reduction. That catalyst is 100% pure platinum, which is a rare and expensive material.
Apple Patents Embedded Solar Panel in Upcoming iPhones
Apple has got us used to innovations and brilliant design in all of their products, being them hardware of software. By wanting to stay on the trendy wave of being green (and possibly wanting to make a difference), Apple has filed a patent of a solar powered iPhone. But it's not the usual solar panel they dream of.
BBC Show To Broadcast 4,000-mile Europe Tour in a Think Electric Car
Media has influenced people's minds since its birth. That's why BBC, one of the largest media trusts worldwide, is trying to resuscitate the idea using an electric car in the minds of those who thought they could only fuel with gasoline. The documentary will be called "BBC Electric Ride", and will be broadcast on Radio 4 starting June 19.
Coulomb Technologies Installs 4,600 EV Charging Stations In The U.S. for Free
Probably following Ford's 5,000 home charging stations giveaway, Coulomb Technologies plans to install 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations, with a third of them installed only in the company's homeland: California. They already have 700 charging stations around the U.S., charging 130 electric car owners.
Porsche 911 Turbo Beaten by Eliica EV in Japanese Drag Race
Remember the Eliica electric car? This ugly 2.4-ton Japanese vehicle is shown how it does a Porsche 911 Turbo. The Porsche hangs in with the Eliica up to 95 km/h, but it's left more than 2 seconds behind when the EV reaches 150 km/h.
Dutch Scientists Say Reducing Speed Limits to 50 MPH Would Cut CO2 Emissions by...
Holland is a country many people mention for its cleanliness and low-speed driving (120 km/h max on motorways). Still, there's room for more, as Mattijs Otten and Huib van Essen from the University of Delft released a study saying that the CO2 emissions would be reduced by 30% in the long run by reducing the speed limit to 80 km/h (50 mph).
Orange Brags Having Installed More Than 3 GWh of Solar Power in Africa
Mobile phones and devices are more and more present on the market, with a figure of 5.8 billion users expected by 2013. Thus, mobile telephony networks, through their corporate responsibility programs, have to plan their expansion taking into account the CO2 amounts their base stations emit, 24/7.
