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Eco Factor: Pedal-powered zero-emission car.
In a bid to reduce the amount of pollution produced by cars, manufacturers have developed several vehicles which run on everything from electricity to air. However, all these cars are mostly too...
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As the name says it all, Bristol Wood Recycling Program (BWRP) is an ecological waste wood management company and is a self-financing social enterprise. It aims to...
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Summers in Phoenix can be long and lethal for those who can’t escape the heat.
Outside a homeless shelter in downtown Phoenix, a few dozen people are vying for...
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Silicon is being used as the conventional material to produce solar panels for long. Since silicon is quite costly and makes solar technology an expensive one, the...
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electricity.
Concept car designers always try to bring their weird fantasies to some form for others to see and...
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Eco Factor: German brewery generates energy from waste grain.
While brewing isn’t in itself a green process, considering the energy intensive processes that are...
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Eco Factor: Adding lime to oceans would reduce their acidity and enable them to soak up more CO2.
While curbing emissions still remains the best possible way to stop...
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Eco Factor: E-ink display for point-of-sale adverts developed by Neoluxiim.
We’ve been wondering about the uses of solar energy and till date we haven’t been left...
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Eco Factor: Dual-function gadgets powered by kinetic energy.
Energy is abundant and is present everywhere around us. The problem doesn’t actually lie in finding...
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Eco Factor: Flashlight powered by solar energy.
Going back home after dark, especially if the neighborhood isn’t as friendly in filling up any pits before you come...
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Eco Factor: Electricity-powered bus generates renewable energy to fuel itself.
Buses are undoubtedly one of the greenest ways to reduce your carbon footprint, not to...
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Eco Factor: Cruise ship fitted with renewable energy generators and energy saving systems.
Cruise ships are considered to be grave threats to the delicate ecosystem...
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New Balance, one of the largest footwear makers in the world, released a new eco-friendly collection of shoes to its outdoor category. The shoes made from...
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Zipcar, Inc., the world’s largest car sharing service, has announced its first Electric Vehicle Pod to be located behind Westminster City Hall, in London. The pod...
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Eco Factor: Drones to be powered by solar cells embedded with pigment found in purple bacteria.
The U.S. armed forces had recently escalated its efforts to go green...
made popular Jul 11 2009
Eco Factor: Tires made from oil extracted from orange peels.
Popular tire manufacturer Yokohama has tried to make its tires green by substituting orange oil extracted...
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Music is one thing that unites people across the globe. Since the world is getting more and more eco-conscious with each passing day, then how could the field of music...
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Eco Factor: Rooftop solar plant capable of generating over 18MWs of clean energy to power Milan Trade Fair.
Solar energy systems, be it on roofs or in the Sahara...
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered car by Cambridge University Eco Racing team.
Cambridge University Eco Racing’s solar-powered car, Endeavour, has officially been launched...
made popular Jul 11 2009
You care about the environment and would give anything for lower emissions, right? Well, if you really do care and believe that electric vehicles are far better than...
made popular Jul 11 2009
Eco Factor: US Department of Energy offering funding for CHP systems.
The world is currently going through a phase where lots of energy is needed with minimum impact...
made popular Jul 11 2009
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Many hybrid cars fail because of their fuel efficiency, battery problem, emission test failure, excessive noise and other technical glitches. GM motors has taken...
made popular May 23 2009
Peugeot’s new concept car Prologue, apart from its robust built is a crossbreed design. The Prologue draws obvious styling cues from the French carmaker’s current...
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Eco factor: Revolutionary yet eco-friendly systems for cars.
In the recent final round of Le Mans Series 2008 at Silverstone, Peugeot Sport presented a revelation...
made popular Sep 17 2008
Hyundai’s been making so many announcements about electric vehicles and hybrids lately you’d think it was ZAP. The Korean automaker’s promised to put...
made popular Sep 1 2008
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The race between General Motors Corp. and Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp. to produce a rechargeable car is meaningless because the companies’ vehicle designs...
made popular Aug 28 2008
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Advocates for the blind want the government to set minimum sound standards for new cars and trucks, pointing to potential safety hazards for blind pedestrians who...
made popular Jun 23 2008
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The market for hybrid full-size sport utility vehicles may be small, but Chrysler LLC is determined to get a piece of it, saying Tuesday that its new hybrids will be...
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AP, Tokyo
Toyota is struggling to keep up with booming demand for its hybrid vehicles because it can’t make enough of the batteries that are key parts in the hit...
made popular Jun 16 2008
Mike Allen of Popular Mechanics asks good questions and gives good answers about slow development in the US of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: hybrids that you can...
made popular Apr 30 2008
Ever been on a highway with those big trailer trucks heading your way or blocking your way? It can be the most frustrating thing in the world. You cannot at times go...
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In these days of political correctness, driving around or for that matter, being driven around in a gas guzzler is the height of being politically incorrect. Now, to...
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General Motors Corp. says it expects to bring its first lithium-ion battery powered hybrid engine system to market in North America in 2010.The world’s largest...
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Hybrids – cars that run on two or more engine technologies, but are they as simple to define? I guess no, a Swiss company known as Mindset is trying to improve what...
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In the race to get greener, automakers want to leave no vehicle behind.Some of the largest pickups and sport utility vehicles will soon come in hybrid versions, as...
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Since he was a teenager, Takeshi Uchiyamada’s dream was to make a car. But as he entered his 50s as a Toyota engineer, he had all but given up hope he would ever...
made popular Oct 29 2007
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Gas-electric hybrid vehicles, the status symbol for the environmentally conscientious, are coming under attack from a constituency that doesn’t drive: the...
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Automotive industry is witnessing the growing demands of hybrids and diesels. One of the leading suppliers of automobiles, Robert Bosch has also predicted that by the...
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Hybrid and the all-in-one gadgets are quite a rage these days. Now, LG has taken wraps off its new 22-inch M228WA LCD computer display that can be used as a compact...
made popular Jun 1 2007
While the hybrids are being widely accepted by the drivers who prefer a green drive, the results shown by a research by Ricardo and UBS have revealed that diesels will...
made popular May 26 2007
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