The Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle is expected to achieve city fuel economy of at least 230 miles per gallon, based on development testing using a draft EPA federal fuel economy methodology for labeling for plug-in electric vehicles.
The Volt, which is scheduled to start production in late 2010 as a 2011 model, is expected to travel up to 40 miles on electricity from a single battery charge and be able to extend its overall range to more than 300 miles with its flex fuel-powered engine-generator.
As you sit reading this post, how much are you contributing to global warming? TheLondon-based think-tank, the Climate Group has just released a report looking at the effect of computing on greenhouse gas
emissions.
The report claims that mobile phones,computers and their peripheral equipment accounted for CO2 emissions of 830 tonnes in 2007 – around 2% of the estimated total greenhouse gas emissions. Interestingly,this is about the same as aviation’s carbon emissions.
Emissions are likely to increase as more people get broadband.The report estimates that greenhouse gas emissions from computing will increase by 6% per annum until 2020.
Bamboo bikes aren’t a new idea. Made in 1906, an example of the American Bamboo Bike resides in Prague’s Technical Museum. At the time, an average bike weighed between 30 and 40 pounds. The bamboo frame was light but too flexible.
But sometimes an idea has to wait for its time to come. And now bamboo bike pioneer Craig Calfee is demonstrating how the wood can be used as a viable and eco-friendly alternative to metal in cycle construction.
Shocking fact – methane might be a bigger greenhouse villain than even CO2, or carbon dioxide!
Methane and methane emissions are, in fact, 20x times more dangerous than CO2 – traditionally painted black by environmentalists.
Where is Methane Hidden and What IS It?
Fortunately, or unfortunately, methane and its emissions are not as commonly or as openly found as carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is found in abundance all over the planet, especially in heavily populated cities. It is a known enemy and we have now been able to combat it in many different ways.
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