montreal Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:25:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New EV Sharing Program in Montreal Cuts Emissions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ev-sharing-montreal/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ev-sharing-montreal/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:25:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54354 The mayor of Montreal plans an electric vehicle sharing program, which will put the city right up there among the leaders in electric transportation. Montreal is not unfamiliar with the concept of car sharing, which provides people with a very convenient and easy access to vehicles, which are hassle free and available at pretty much […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ev-sharing-montreal/feed/ 0 54354 Psychological Trick Makes People Give Up Parking Spots In Favour of Bikes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/psychological-trick-makes-people-give-parking-spots-favour-bikes-20140819/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/psychological-trick-makes-people-give-parking-spots-favour-bikes-20140819/#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:09:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48923 How would you feel if your local government decides to remove parking spots and convert them into bike lanes? Apparently, it is only a matter of how the proposal is presented to you, and the city planners of Montreal demonstrated that. Being able to sell a product or an idea is really a talent, so […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/psychological-trick-makes-people-give-parking-spots-favour-bikes-20140819/feed/ 0 48923 China and US Agree to Phase Out Hydrofluorocarbons [HFC] https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-us-hfc-phase-out-20130613/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-us-hfc-phase-out-20130613/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:20:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38307 Hydrofluorocarbons [HFC] have proved to be an excellent replacement for chlorofluorocarbons [CFC], which have been phased out of production for environmental reasons. Chlorofluorocarbons originally were very popular used as propellant in aerosol spray cans and as a refrigerant gas in both stationary and mobile refrigeration units. In the automobile segment, CFCs such as R-12 were […]

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