An international team of researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered the chemical mysteries of a concrete Roman breakwater submerged for over 2000 years in the Mediterranean Sea.
The researchers discovered that the ancient...
According to a study released on Monday, the use of honey substitutes as bee feed is most likely contributing to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) by depriving honeybees of compounds that strengthen their immune systems.
CCD is a serious problem threatening...
Google has once again impressed the world with the announcement that one of its main European data centers in Finland will be powered completely by a Swedish wind farm.
The decision of the search engine to invest in yet another...
While the average driver in the US covers about 30 miles per day, Nissan Leaf owner Steve Marsh is pushing the limits of what the vehicle was designed for.
Marsh has a 130mi round-trip commute, or about 65mi each way....
Tesla Motors doesn't sell cars the same way other automakers do, but in Texas and Virginia they can't do so... by law.
The problem is that Tesla Motors doesn't have any dealer franchises. That way, they can maintain control over...
![Tesla Model S [left], Green or Not?](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/EV_Parade_SFO.jpg?resize=681%2C491&ssl=1 "Just How Green are the Tesla Model S and Other Electric Vehicles?")
The Tesla Model S, as with all electric vehicles, has zero tailpipe emissions. We all know that, since there is no tailpipe, but what about emissions related to power production and battery manufacturing?
On the other hand, there are other...
Naveen Jain owns Moon Express, a company whose aim is to extract helium-3 from the Moon, a huge energy resource not available here on Earth.
Although it's not really relevant at a first glance but Elon Musk's gesture of opening...
Everyone is looking to cut costs, and in the transportation industry, whether light vehicles or aircraft, fuel economy is the number one way to reduce operating costs.
Increasing the size of the plane to carry more passengers per unit of...
Has anyone told you not to buy an electric vehicle because it takes “too long to charge”?
Sure, we've heard the arguments against electric vehicles taking hours to recharge instead of minutes to refuel like a conventional vehicle. Let me...
There is nothing better for the environment than being able to turn your home waste into compost. If done properly, you not only produce your own soil fertilizer, but you also help the community by reducing the amount of...
