Research Says Electric Vehicles Don’t Reduce Emissions?
Fuzzy math is hard at work in North Carolina State University, specifically the engineering department, which released the results of a study that basically...
Learn to Curb Emissions and Win Free Gas in Toronto, Canada
In an effort to educate consumers to curb emissions and the benefits of cleaner transportation, the Toronto nonprofit, Summerhill Group, is giving away free...
World's Shortest Range EV Features New Li-Ion Capacitor As Power Source
FDK Corporation in collaboration with Takayanagi Co Ltd has developed a new single-seater electric vehicle. The electric car is also equipped with a lithium ion capacitor that, according to the two companies, is able to charge it in under a minute. This could be the reason why the car has a range of just 5 km per charge.
Logitech's Solar Powered Wireless Keyboard: Pointless Green In a Plastic Case
A solar powered keyboard has been launched by Logitech yesterday. Not only it will announce you through a special software that it needs recharging, the innovative keyboard also saves precious power... in vain.
Ridiculous – Guy Pees in Reservoir, Portland Drains 38 Million Gallons of Potable Water
Open-air reservoirs are slowly becoming a thing of the past, judging from what Portland did to its thirty-eight million gallon reservoir of potable water...
Dealerships Would Rather Not Sell Electric Vehicles – Consumer Reports
As it turns out, just reading The Green Optimistic makes you better qualified to sell electric vehicle than the average new car dealership sales...
Danish Hotel Gives Free Meal to Anyone Cycling for 15 Minutes in Their Gym
While pointless as a way to really change something in the course of pollution reduction, a Danish hotel found a way to both motivate their customers to go green by pedaling and give them a free $36 meal voucher.
Fuzzy Math, Washington State Wants to Tax Cyclist Carbon Emissions
That's right, Washington State wants to tax cyclists for their use of the roads, citing carbon emissions and the fact they pay no gas...
Corvette Reaches Fuel Economy High – Still a Dinosaur Suckling
As with most sports cars, such as the Corvette Stingray, fuel economy isn’t one of their strong suits, but Americans and their muscle cars...
Do Africans Plan to Produce Energy by Pulling a Roll After Them?
An african inventor, by his name Cedrick Ngalande, has invented a device called the Green Erg, that could harness the pulling force of a person or moving vehicle, and convert some of it into electricity. Though I don't see his invention any soon on any European or US market, it seems some say that it will have a great success in Africa, there where you have to make electricity out of anything.
