Many environmentalists are concerned about the effect of the Tata Nano on global warming. Finally on sale last week after seven months of delays, the Nano promises to be the world’s cheapest new car.

The Nano is a small, four-seater car made by Tata,the Indian tea to tech conglomerate. As India’s economy has boomed, so has demand for cars from the growing middle class. At present, only one in 8000 people in India own a car compared to 450 cars to 8000 people in developed countries. But India has population of 1 billion and is a country hungry for cars. Nobel Prize winner, R.K. Pachauri, the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that he was ‘having nightmares’ about the Nano.

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Tackling global warming with chocolate seems an unlikely idea. In New Hampshire, a test to generate electricity using cocoa-bean shells has successfully been carried out.

This novel idea to combat climate change came about after the Swiss-owned Lindt chocolate plant in the state decided to change its operations. It makes truffles at the plant. To do so, it imports large blocks of chocolate from Europe.

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