Prius vs BMW M3 vs MPG at Top Gear: Who Wins?
I really didn't like what Top Gear guys did the last time to a Prius, but this time I think they have a point (partially). They're going to race a Toyota Prius (1.5L)versus a BMW M3 (4L). Of course the BMW will win the competition... but wait... not the speed competition. The BMW will get 19mpg and the Prius only 17mpg. Why is that? Does it prove that the Prius is more gas-guzzler than the BMW? No.
How to Extract Free Energy From a Mountain Spring
This is a short video showing a device made up of a simple bicycle wheel to create electricity for your tent in the mountains.
ABC News Reports the Progress of Developing the Chevy Volt
There are a lot of speculations around the future Chevy Volt, the series car that it's said to revolutionize the car industry. Although there hasn't been much proof that they have the battery to power the electric-hybrid car, they're confident in their success, or at least that was wanted to be seen on this abc news video clip. Watch it. I think they're going to make it, because probably they're going to be using the EEStor technology or something equivalent, technology that has only recently been unveiled.
DIY: How to Make a Coca Cola-based Battery
Here's a method of producing a battery out of some Cola, salt, aluminum and copper coins. It lights a LED and it can be an interesting source of free energy!
Michael Strizki`s Solar/Hydrogen/Geothermal Powered House – Amazing!
Michael Strizki's house is the most low impact house I've ever seen. He lives his life off-grid, because his home system feature solar panels, 10 hydrogen tanks filled with the excess energy from the solar panels, with the hydrogen taken out of water, and a 15 year-old geothermal system, that covered its price 8 times since it was installed.
Video: Jack Nicholson Drives Hydrogen Car in 1978!
This video is a clip from a 1978 CBC News, showing Jack Nicholson driving a hydrogen powered car. The concept existed since then, the hydrogen was packed in high pressure tanks, and the engine's timing (top dead center) was retarded a bit (probably 8 degrees, it's a common value). And, as extra value, the hydrogen was obtained from solar power, through some solar panels, cutting edge tech at that time.
Air Powered Motors: Small as Watermelons, More Efficient than Diesel
If you watch The Green Optimistic you already know that we covered air cars in previous posts, both MDI CAT's and the Angelo DiPietro air motor. The first time we wrote about these inventions was about 6 months ago. Now, MDI and Angelo DiPietro have contracts all over the world with auto makers to sell them the compressed air technology so automakers do what they do best: cars.
500hp Dodge Viper vs Laptop Battery-Powered "Tzero"
See who wins this astonishing race between a 500hp racing car and an electric car powered only by 7000 laptop batteries.
Nanosolar’s Flexible Solar Panels – a GigaWatt Promise Kept
Remember Nanosolar? I wrote on article on them a few months ago, telling that they invented a light sensitive thin layer, that could be imprinted on various flexible surfaces and then used as solar batteries. They kept their word to it.
GM Hy-Wire Fuel Cell Vehicle Tested by Top Gear
...and here's the HyWire technology, the one the world has been talking about in the last few months. It's a concept made by General Motors, there is only one example of it made, and it runs on fuel cell power. I mean... hydrogen power.
