Toilets Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:06:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Toilet Hydropower: Scientists Developing New Source of Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toilet-hydropower-energy-20140422/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toilet-hydropower-energy-20140422/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:06:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47101 With all the horrendous warnings that climatologists are issuing, urging us to stop wasting fresh water, everyone with a clear mind should be looking into ways to save the precious resource. There are many options to recycle and reuse water from our taps and baths, without it even leaving the household, but a team of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toilet-hydropower-energy-20140422/feed/ 0 47101 Sainsbury's Using Parking Cars' Kinetic Energy to Power Up https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sainsburys-using-parking-cars-kinetic-energy-to-power-up-20090617/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sainsburys-using-parking-cars-kinetic-energy-to-power-up-20090617/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:50:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3752 Sainsbury's, from Gloucester, UK, is the first supermarket to use the kinetic energy coming from the cars entering their parking lot to (partially) power their shop.

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