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Researchers from the Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences in China have found a way to generate electricity from waste, by modifying traditional power-generating microbial fuel cells to function with much cheaper and more sustainable natural materials. Using loofahs,...
Exactly half a year after New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, began the campaign to divert half of the food waste away from landfills, the first results were officially announced this week. The incredible 2,500 tons of food were donated...
General Motors has been at the forefront of reducing its impact on the environment, from recycling programs to renewable energy investment. Manufacturing, such as that done by plants owned by General Motors, is one of the biggest producers of greenhouse...
Ohio Senate Bill 137 seems innocuous enough, requiring drivers to leave the lane open between traffic and highway maintenance crews, until you read the fine print meant to block Tesla Motors direct sales in the State of Ohio. What does...
The car, perhaps a late 2000's Honda Accord, didn't spontaneously combust, but it was impaled, which could have killed the driver, and it wasn't a Tesla Model S. With all the bad press that Tesla Model S has been getting,...
The transformation of biomass to electricity was once considered a carbon neutral energy source. By allowing power plants to substitute natural fuel (biomass) in lieu of coal, they are able to avoid fossil-fuel carbon emissions. This has proven to be an egregiously...
A water powered flashlight can save you from virtually any situation where you need light but lack battery power. Every once in a while you may find yourself in a situation where light is limited, the battery of the flashlight...
Perhaps you can't afford a Tesla Model S 85kWh, which is why the 60kWh version makes it easier to get into a Tesla. Soon, we might see Nissan pulling the same trick with the Nissan Leaf. After all, if you're...
After three Tesla Model S fires swept the internet and bashed TSLA Stock prices, it only seems natural that the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) ordered an investigation. According to some, the Tesla Model S' low-slung lithium-ion battery pack,...
Synthetic fuels can turn practically any vehicle carbon-neutral, since the vehicle would emit the same carbon dioxide that was used to make the fuel in the first place. Actually, this is exactly the draw of biofuels, except that, with synthetic...