Now when you first look at the following picture I’m sure the first thought may not be “Dream Car”… but then again it wasn’t $60K of your money and months of design, thought, sweat, and work to create it. I know what you might be thinking, what a waste of money, etc… but it was… Continue reading »
Feb
19
Jan
25
Creating Ethanol for $1 a Gallon From Anything Organic
… Yes! Anything! That means, corn husks, trash, you name it. This great news comes from a Wired Magazine article: A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn’t interfere with food supplies, company officials said. Coskata, which is backed by General… Continue reading »
Jan
03
California to Sue EPA
… and for a darn good reason too! As promised, “California sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for denying its first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs.” At least fifteen states will support California in the lawsuit, including 13 of those that have either adopted or are in the process of… Continue reading »
Jan
02
Toyota’s Concept Hybrid
Toyota has a new hybrid they’re showcasing at the Detroit Auto Show (and hopefully the Chicago one too as I am going to go to it ). It’s called the A-Bat Hybrid Compact Pickup Truck Concept and has some friggin cool features… A rigid center console houses a portable power pack that offers both AC… Continue reading »
Jan
01
Naturally Yours is Coming!!
Happy New Years everyone! I hope your holiday break was great and you had some fun. Trying to get back to regular posting now I am happy to report that Normal, IL is getting a Naturally Yours grocery store. Apparently this is only the second store in this new chain. Either way I’m pretty excited… Continue reading »
Nov
06
Strong Stance Hillary, but not Quite Strong Enough
Hillary’s strong stance on global warming issues has lead to her putting out some new plans if she were president… Clinton is calling for an improvement in the fleet-wide fuel economy standard to the tune of 55 miles per gallon by the year 2030. [...] Though questions of plausibility linger, Clinton has outlined several specific… Continue reading »
Oct
15
Its Blogging Action Day
And I just heard about it today from my coworker. So here is an article on Bush and Climate Change: “By setting this goal, we acknowledge there is a problem,” President Bush told representatives of 17 nations attending the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change held in Washington, D.C., this week. “We… Continue reading »
Oct
12
The Glaciers are Metling…
Sometimes pictures say more than words… Found via TreeHugger