VW Beetle Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 13 May 2014 11:16:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Nigerian Student Turns VW Beetle Into Fully Electric Four-Wheeler https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nigerian-student-turns-vw-beetle-fully-electric-four-wheeler-20140513/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nigerian-student-turns-vw-beetle-fully-electric-four-wheeler-20140513/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 11:15:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47484 Yes, we talk about climate change, the devastating impact it has on our environment and us, and we criticize governments, scientists and energy companies for not acting as fast as needed. But what do we, as individuals, do about it? Do we all cycle to work? Or recycle garbage? Or have an EV, or an energy efficient […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nigerian-student-turns-vw-beetle-fully-electric-four-wheeler-20140513/feed/ 1 47484 Bio-Bug Becomes Britain's First Car to Run on Methane Gas Produced from Human Waste https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-bug-methane-gas-human-waste-20100805/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-bug-methane-gas-human-waste-20100805/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:10:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9014 The team modified a 2 litre VW Beetle convertible to run on both compressed methane gas and conventional fuel. It can also travel 10,000 miles by the power produced from sewage collected from just 70 homes.

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