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James Cameron Wants to Film Parts of Avatar 2 at the Bottom of the Sea

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Wikipedia , Creative Commons But How Will Blue on Blue Look on Screen? James Cameron is nothing if not ambitious. Avatar was a triumph of cutting edge technologies (advanced motion capture, 3D cameras, computer generated characters and sets, digital projection, etc), but it might turn out to have been a walk in the part compared to the Avatar sequel. Cameron has apparently decided to have at least part of the action take place in Pandora’s oceans, and he has commissioned an ultra-deep-sea submarine that can rea… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Growing Potential and Rooted Limitations of Biofuels

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons As oil and natural gas reserves are being depleted, the world’s attention is increasingly turning to plant-based energy sources. These include food crops, forest industry byproducts, sugar industry byproducts, plantations of fast-growing trees, crop residues, and urban tree and yard wastes—all of which can be used for electrical generation, heating, or the production of automotive fuels…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New York Eco Fashion Week: Twilight Meets ‘Stars at Night’ in Susan Cianciolo Spring 2011 (Slideshow)

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Susan Cianciolo at The GreenShows during New York Fashion Week. Image credit: Emma Grady New York Fashion Week is in full swing and I am reporting live from the media lounge at The GreenShows , where ten environmentally- and ethically-sound fashion brands are presenting their spring 2011 collections. First up:

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A123 Systems Opens North-America’s Largest Lithium-Ion Battery Plant (600MWh/Year)

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Image: A123 Systems A Shiny New 291,000-Square-Foot Factory A123 Systems, the makers of advanced lithium-ion batteries, have just opened a new battery factory in Livonia, Michigan. They claim that “based on available data” it is the largest battery plant in North-America (some manufacturer might be keeping their capacity secret). This new facility should increase A123’s manufacturing capabilities by “up to 600MW hours per year when fully operational, contributing to the company’s plan to expand global final cell assembly capacity to more than 760MW hours annually by the end of 2011. ” That’s a lot of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Unlucky Animal Lover Nearly Loses Another Arm

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Tony Tanoury While it’s often commendable when a passerby goes out of their way to help an animal in need — still, sometimes it’s best to let others handle it. Case in point, meet Alexander Alcantare. This South Florida man loves animals so much that when he offers them a helping hand, there’s a pretty good chance he won’t be getting it back, a lesson he’s learned once before. A while ago, he burned his arm so badly while trying to save a nest of

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Why American Women Accept Climate Change Science More Than Men

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It comes down to how we teach boys to be boys and girls to be girls… photo: Jason Pratt . Ever wonder why it seems the most vocal climate change skeptics are men? A new study by Michigan State Univ. sociologist Aaron McCright, published in the journal Population and Environment says that women do tend to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bamboo Pavilion: Low-Cost Communal Living

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images: Esan Rahmani and Mukul Damle Forget yesterday’s commune — ‘communal living’ nowadays can refer to any number of situations — from pricier market housing to low-income developments , or to temporary applications like refugee shelters . Falling somewhere in between is this Bamboo Pavilion — a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Disappoints on MPG (Wake Up Toyota!)

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Lexus Combined EPA Rating of 42 MPG A few months ago we started getting some info on the new Lexus CT 200h hybrid . At the time, there was some hope that this premium compact would set a new fuel economy benchmark, and if not, at least match the Prius. After all, this being a Lexus, cost is less of an issue. Better and/or bigger batteries could have been used to boost overall MPG, more aluminum could have been used to reduce weight, etc. But it seems like Toyota thinks i… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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California Roadkill Database to Make Highways Safer for Animals

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Seabamirum Mapping out roadkill. It’s an unusual, and yet incredibly important project. We know that roadways are deadly for animals, not just in the direct sense that everything from insects to birds to huge mammals are hit by cars, but also in that roads rip through habitats, dividing hunting territories and migration routes . But exactly how problematic are roads, and for which species? While the Humane Society reports about 1 million anim… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Could Subway Trains Generate Power with Regenerative Braking?

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Flickr , CC Could Save Millions of Dollars Per Year Vehicles without regenerative braking are throwing away a lot of energy every time they brake (movement is converted into heat via friction on the brake pads). Hybrid and electric car address that problem by capturing as much of that energy as possible and converting it into electricity, and the same might be about to happen to subway trains with the added twist that it would be tied to the (smart) power grid. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPT… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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