Image credit: Zerocarbonista From announcing he would develop a “wind-powered” electric sports car , to the day the Nemesis electric car finally hit the track at 100mph , it’s been a long and winding road for Dale Vince”— wind-energy entrepreneur and
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Nemesis Electric Car: 134mph in Wild Safety Tests (Video)
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Image credit: Centre for Alternative Technology Environmentalists may spend a lot of time battling against the fossil fuel lobby , but the awkward truth is that there is plenty of fighting between “green” groups too—perhaps most notably when it comes to what constitutes ‘sustainability’, and how do we manage the sometimes competing demands of clean energy and conservation. From
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Could Going Green Mean Trashing Our Landscape?
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Image credit: Clownfish No sooner do we hear about the massive growth in UK solar jobs as a result of feed-in tariffs , than others start asking questions about the viability of such policies. George Monbiot has already labeled the feed-in tariff a “rip off” , and a subsidy for the well off, and now a new report offers some numbers that may back up his view. So are micro-renewables just too expensive… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Is Solar Too Expensive? Critics Cite Cost Per Unit of CO2 Saved
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New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, when asked what one needs in a kitchen, responded “A stove, a sink, a refrigerator, some pots and pans, a knife and some serving spoons,” I answered. “All else is optional.” Clearly he never heard of the Smoking Gun , yet another one of those single-purpose kitchen devices, albeit with a great name, that kitchens have had to grow vast to accommodate. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Just What We Needed Dept.: The Smoking Gun
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Photo by Editor B According to Berg Insight, the worldwide installed base of smart electricity meters will hit over 300 million by 2015. The research firm states that over the next five years, smart meter technology is projected to move from 15-20% market penetration to almost 50% in Europe and North America, while Asia-Pacific will go from less than 1% to as much as 25%. But considering how many homes are hooked up to an electrical grid across the globe, and that smart meters are essential to get a smart grid up and running, can this be considere… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Progress? 302.5 Million Smart Meters Installed by 2015
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Image credit: Great British Refurb TreeHugger is no stranger to fancy new LEED platinum residences , but the fact remains that we must do something about our existing housing stock if we are ever going to get CO2 cuts on the scale needed. Luckily, people are exploring how to do just that. A while back we reported on the Great British Refurb—… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Existing House Transformed into Eco Home-of-the-Future (Video)
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photo: Ryan Somma via flickr A number of sources have outlined new plans of India’s Tata Power Company to help electrify rural India through deployment of small-scale wind turbines , the same general type that are marketed throughout the US for rooftop and backyard usage. It’s a great idea in India, where rural electric grid access is spotty and energy usage low, less so… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Why Small-Scale Wind Turbines Make Sense in Rural India, But Not So Much in Indiana
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Image credit: Recharge News Germany is already a global leader in solar power , but that’s just a start as far as Germans are concerned. It’s already been shown that Germany could produce 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2050 . Now the country’s environment agency is arguing that it should. Could it be that some countries are finally coming up with clean energy targets that will actually make a real dif… Read the full story on TreeHugger
A Thami villager named Devi strips a Himalayan nettle stalk in Dolakha, Nepal. Credit: Ellie Skeele In the foothills of Nepal’s Himalayas , the Himalayan stinging nettle plants grows naturally in the wild. Ellie Skeele, founder of Himalayan Wild Fibers , is in the process of developing the nettle fiber industry with the local community. According to the
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In Nepal’s Himalayas Grows a Sustainable Textile Fiber (Photos)
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard Project NINA Moving Forward Just like Tesla ‘s future depends on its second car, the Model S electric sedan , the future of Fisker probably rests more on its second model (codename: NINA) than its first. Why is that? Because both companies are starting way up-market and, because of their hefty price-tags, those cars are … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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