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BYD Stops Production of F3e Electric Car (At Least for Now)

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on BYD Stops Production of F3e Electric Car (At Least for Now)

Photo: Michael Graham Richard A Set Back, But the Future is Still Promising BYD, the enormous Chinese battery-maker which has been branching out into automobile manufacturing, has decided to stop production of its F3e electric car for now. Apparently, the company “changed its mind after a market investigation and consultation with the dealers for everyone thought there were still problems with the supporting infrastructure and market environment at the moment and what the company needed were transitional products.” What they mean is that they’ll be sticking with their plug-in hybrids for the time be… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Over 3 Million eBooks Now Available to eReaders, Thanks to Google

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Over 3 Million eBooks Now Available to eReaders, Thanks to Google

Image via Google video In a much anticipated launch, Google has now made more than 3 million ebooks available for download on reading devices, including both free classics and new titles for sale at the Google eBookstore. The new option from Google will likely amp up ebook sales and give ereaders from any brand a new push among consumers. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Heavy Metals Now Dangerously Contaminate Snow & Soil Atop Mount Everest

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Heavy Metals Now Dangerously Contaminate Snow & Soil Atop Mount Everest

photo: Rupert Taylor-Price / Creative Commons Is there no place on the planet where human-caused pollution has not reached? Scientists have discovered that both the snow and soil on Mount Everest now contains dangerous levels of arsenic and cadmium, most brought to the roof of the world thanks to the

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Clever Electric Bus Prototype Combines 2 Battery Chemistries for Max Power & Range

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Clever Electric Bus Prototype Combines 2 Battery Chemistries for Max Power & Range

Photo: GE Dual Battery System FTW There are about 840,000 buses on the roads of the United States, and while they are a greener way to get around than individual cars (especially for commuting in urban areas – please people, if you live in the city, use transit), the vast majority of them are powered by non-renewable fossil fuels. Some use diesel-hybrid powertrains for better fuel economy and lower emissions, and others run on compressed natural gas to reduce smog-forming tailpipe emissions, but those are just partial solutions. Fully electric buses would be better, but current battery t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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With 11 Days to Go, Chevy Volt #1 Charity Auction Reaches $180,000

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on With 11 Days to Go, Chevy Volt #1 Charity Auction Reaches $180,000

Image: volt.charitybuzz.com Recharging Detroit Public Schools GM is auctioning off the first Chevy Volt off the production line to raise money for the Detroit Public Schools Foundation . It’s a great idea, and so far it seems pretty successful. There’s still about 11 days left in the auction, and already the car with a MSRP of $40,280 has a bid for $180,000, and the next bid will have to be at least 5 grand higher to be accepted. Other car makers should steal this! How about a

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NASA’s New Life Form a Boon for Clean Energy, Toxic Waste Cleanup

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on NASA’s New Life Form a Boon for Clean Energy, Toxic Waste Cleanup

The intertubes were abuzz with the big news from NASA yesterday: Researchers announced they discovered a new kind of life that rearranges all our assumptions about life as we know it (but first they had to apologize that no, it wasn’t an alien ). This life form, a microbe that substitutes phosphate (heretofore a building block of all life on e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Russia’s Permafrost Not So Permanent Anymore (Video)

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Russia’s Permafrost Not So Permanent Anymore (Video)

“Looking for hard date in very soft ground…” If there’s one thing that can make global warming worse, it’s large quantities of

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How Can Insurance Companies Help Halt Climate Change?

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on How Can Insurance Companies Help Halt Climate Change?

Image credit: Forum for the Future Insurance isn’t the first industry people think about when talking about business and climate change. Yet from moving to pay-as-you-drive car insurance , to discounting LEED-certified buildings , we have already seen a number of ways that insurance companies can reward sustainable practices. Given the likelihood of

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Quantum Dot Displays May Trump OLEDs for Most Awesome TV Screens

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Quantum Dot Displays May Trump OLEDs for Most Awesome TV Screens

Image via Engadget Everyone talks about OLED displays as one day being the thing to beat for TVs, since OLED technology offers incredibly vivid colors with increasingly less electricity consumption. LG has already utilized the display technology in a couple television models , though they cost and arm and a leg. Now the company has moved on to explore another option – QLEDs. They could be even more crisp with even lower energy requirements. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Kids Test Solar-Powered Computer Tablet for Schools in India

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Kids Test Solar-Powered Computer Tablet for Schools in India

Photo via Procsilas The One Laptop Per Child project might need to step up, now that tablet devices are on the scene. Rice University has partnered up with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Villages for Development and Learning Foundation in India to develop a solar powered tablet computer that can be used in schools that lack electricity. Dubbed the “I-Slate,” it is already being tested out in classrooms. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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