There are few experiences that are more frustrating than driving through bumper to bumper traffic - you waste fuel, time and a lot of money burning gasoline getting nowhere. Taking the bus or the Metro are some of the...
According to Deutsche Bank the falling cost of solar panels plus cheaper cost of finance is set to dramatically alter the US market. These trends will allow solar power to sell at the same price as all other power...
While all other major car makers are either improving or developing battery electric vehicles, the world's largest automaker seems to be going the opposite direction. After hinting that they are pursuing hydrogen fuel cells, the Japanese car maker is...
Happy Halloween, everybody! It is that time of the year again, when we have stocked up on incredible amounts of pumpkin and facial paint. But, what can we do with all that leftover pumpkin that didn't make it to...
It seems that the Grim Reaper has been busy collection cyclists, based on a report released by the Governors Highway Safety Association. From 621 deaths in 2010, cycling fatalities increased to 680 in 2011 then to 722 in 2012. ...
Food waste is increasing at alarming rates and the food industry is the biggest contributor to this. Most restaurants and supermarkets dump perfectly good produce at dumpsters. Thankfully, most does not mean all, and more and more "Zero-Waste" restaurants...
Renewable energy in Europe might be receiving a new huge boost from the
Tunisian Sahara desert. A major local company is currently looking into constructing a large solar power plant, which is expected to generate the amount of power Europe needs in...
You may not be Frankenstein nor Dracula, but things new like electric vehicles and solar power can be a bit scary, especially since they are usually pricey. But while electric or plug-in hybrid cars aren't cheap, and neither are...
Energy storage at grid scale has long been identified as the element that stands in the way of switching to 100% renewable energy. After a long wait for that big breakthrough, a team of engineers from the German Fraunhofer...
Lately, a lot has been said about the way solar panels look, how much space they occupy, how heavy they are on house rooftops. All of this is clearly made to show solar as being bad. Now, a Swiss...
