justin capra Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:36:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Justin Capra, Inventor of 784 MPG Car, Dies at 81 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-dies-81-20150120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-dies-81-20150120/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:15:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51389 Justin Capra, the original inventor of the jetpack and the 784 mpg car died yesterday at the age of 81. We wrote a couple of articles on Justin Capra – most of his inventions have been focused on transportation. He usually said modern transportation has failed to reach its purpose: “The automobile is a crime. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-dies-81-20150120/feed/ 0 51389 Happy New Year ! Here are 2011’s Hottest Green News https://www.greenoptimistic.com/happy-new-year-here-are-2011s-hottest-green-news-20111231/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/happy-new-year-here-are-2011s-hottest-green-news-20111231/#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:45:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21771 The post Happy New Year ! Here are 2011’s Hottest Green News appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/happy-new-year-here-are-2011s-hottest-green-news-20111231/feed/ 0 21771 Car Built by Romanian Inventor Gets 784 MPG Fuel Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-car-20110519/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-car-20110519/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:33:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18715 Remember Justin Capra, the Romanian inventor of the jetpack? Well's he's done it again. Now, his ingenuity inspired him to build a small car that has a fuel efficiency of 784 miles per gallon! How about that?

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-car-20110519/feed/ 1 18715 Justin Capra: The Green-Hearted Creator of The Jetpack and Several Alternative Inventions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-jetpack-inventor-20110120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-jetpack-inventor-20110120/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:35:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16807 After presenting Vasile Karpen and his wonderful but yet not understood invention of the battery that's been running for 60 years, now it's time for another brilliant Romanian green-hearted genius: Justin Capra, the original inventor of the jet pack.

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