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See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)

Photos from Bridgestone Americas Inc . This car turns heads. It’s clear. And clearly one of the most efficient in the world. It was built by students at the DeLaSalle Automotive Design Studio in Kansas City, Missouri, as a high school class project…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)

China’s 45 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Require 100 Acres of Forests Every 24 Hours

Photo: Flickr , CC That’s a Lot of Chopsticks Apparently China’s Ministry of Commerce has had it with disposable chopsticks. It sent out a warning to chopstick makers in June to warn them that: “Production, circulation and recycling of disposable chopsticks should be more strictly supervised.” The reason? With about 45 billion disposable chopstick pairs made every year in the country, or about 130 million a day, a lot of wood is being wasted, and that in a country that is trying to increase its forest cover… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s 45 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Require 100 Acres of Forests Every 24 Hours