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Interactive Map Shows Where City Roads Need Fixin’

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Polymaps This amazing Polymaps project from SimpleGeo and Stamen shows where San Francisco’s roads are a little worse for the wear. The “Pavement Condition Index Map” illustrates the condition of the street pavement across the city, pointing out in a very visual way where the asphalt needs a little TLC. Why do we care? Because cities that have smooth, safe roads are better for bicyclists — oh, and hypermilers too. Check out how the team pulled together the information. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Replacing Steel with Bamboo, Dutch Designer Gives the Windmill a Makeover

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

All Images Courtesy of Gijsbert Koren We’ve seen people do a lot with windmills- from making them at home to wearing them . Now Dutch designer Gijsbert Koren has taken a step to make this age-old green technology even greener: replacing the windmill’s steel wings with ones

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Xmas is Early for Climate Scientists, New CESM Modeling Software is Out!

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: UCAR One of the Primary Models Used by the IPCC As Freeman Dyson said, “The great advances in science usually result from new tools rather than from new doctrines.” The telescope, the microscope, X-rays and MRIs, etc. Climate modeling software is such a tool, allowing us to make probabilistic estimates about what is likely to happen to our planet’s if we do X or Y or Z. And while we can never be 100% sure about the future, our tools are getting more sophisticated (models take more things into account, faster computers allow more simulations to be run, better instruments and satellites allow better inf… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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There’s A Lot Less Coal Out There Than We Think – But That’s Not Civilization’s End

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Jennifer Woodard Maderazo via flickr TreeHugger has covered the uncomfortable and largely under-publicized topic of peak coal on a number of occasions, but David Roberts over at Grist just brought it up again–and it’s a topic certainly worth revisiting as the future implications are great. I’ll take the question out of R… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Eat, Pray, Love, and Shop? (Video)

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Tesla Co-Founder: Electric Cars with 500+ Mile Range by 2020

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Martin Eberhard with a Tesla electric Roadster. Photo: Flickr , CC EV Forecast: Sunny, But Uncertain Martin Eberhard, one of the original co-founders of Tesla Motors in 2003 and now director at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), is predicting that that within the next 10 years, electric cars will have a range of 500 miles and more. It’s a bold prediction considering that the Tesla Roadster has a range of 244 miles (at a very high cost, and for a lightweight 2-seater) and that most other e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Americans Don’t Know How To Save Energy & The Green Movement is Partially to Blame

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Paul Cross via flickr A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that many Americans really miss the big picture when it comes to saving energy, thinking that small behavioral changes have a far greater impact than they do…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oil Spill Clean-Up Concept Uses Recycled Plastic Bottles

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Yanko Design We’re not so sure this concept will make it to any final rounds for the X Prize Foundation’s contest for best oil spill clean up ideas, but itisn’t the worst idea. Designer Min A Namgung reasons that we should fight oil with oil — specifically, linking up recycled PET plastic bottles to contain oil from the Gulf disaster. Using rubber caps molded to fit used plastic water bottles, a chain is formed to harness oil spreading across the surface of the sea…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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3D Portraits of Celebrities Created With Their Own Garbage

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Jason Mercer via 1800recycling This art piece featuring Conan O’Brien is made with remote controls, electronic boards, cellphones and cables, among other pieces of garbage. And it is just one of a huge collection of incredibly realistic, detailed portraits made by Jason Mecier, an artist who puts a lot of stock into the potential of stuff that seems to have reached the end of its useful life. Check out some of his impressive work after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger