An interesting piece of news shared by Zach from Cleantechnica struck my attention and I instantly knew I had to blog about it. It looks like Yahoo Mail users are inclined to use more electricity than Gmail users, according...
A recent study concluded that the extremes (in terms of wealth) are more adaptable to climate change than the middle. We're talking about countries here, (and the same is true about individuals, I guess).
The study has been performed by...
The next time you watch your belly increasing in size, please also think that you'll need more resources to keep it, and hence more carbon dioxide will be emitted for you. A new UN and WHA (World Health Organization)...
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda approved the restart of reactors 3 and 4 at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. This is the first plant to come online after the total...
It's only logic, right: you consume more, you pay more! In China however, you pay even more than the normal "more": starting this July, more-than-average electricity consumers will be paying up to 0.30 yuan ($0.05) more per kilowatt hour.
The...
World's most advanced hybrid racing cars have confronted during this year's 24-hour Le Mans. Audi, Toyota and Nissan brought their best hybrid cars powered by KERS flywheels and fossil fuels, but through an unfortunate series of events, the Audi...
Things are going bad for the German solar manufacturing industry, just as they have been for the U.S. one. The enemy are the low prices set by Chinese solar panels and their ever-growing piece of the pie.
Now at only...
Gallium nitride (GaN) light emitting diodes, or commonly known as LEDs are usually grown on a layer of silicon - that abundant material that makes up 90+% of Earth's crust. A team of Chinese researchers have improved their efficiency...
You’re putting solar panels on your roof? Why not on the streetlamps? After all, they’re one of the biggest consumers off any city’s electric bill. Ok, so we’ll do that then! Not so fast: here comes the eternal problem...
A report made by WWF and launched today from the International Space Station (ISS) by André
Kuipers, one of the onboard astronauts, says that humanity is outstretching its planet's resources 52% faster than the planet can withstand.
The current trend of...
