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Mentos Eruption Powers Vehicle, Freshens Breath

Mentos … The Freshmaker also could be known as Mentos … The Fuelmaker. You can make a car move with nothing but Coke Zero, Mentos, and some super sudsy science. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Air Powered Air Conditioning Comes To Dubai

Doesn’t look like much from the top; ESAB building, from Construtionweekonline One of the reasons we have been so dubious about Dubai is the energy consumption required to keep people cool there; they even air condition the beaches. But if there is one thing they have lots of, it is sunlight; that’s why we have always considered solar powered ai… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Pictures: BP Bans Photos of Animals Killed by Oil Spill, Sarah Palin Defends "Drill, Baby, Drill", The All-Electric Supercar, and More (Slideshow)

Another week goes by and oil continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico and if we have a rough hurricane season, things could get apocalyptic. All the attempts to plug the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have failed so far, and even the latest attempt to cut-and-cap the well has hit a snag. BP has apparently banned oil spill clean up contractors from sharing photos of dead animals washed ashore; One contractor took a Daily News reporter out to see, in his words, what BP didn’t want President Obama to see. In other news Sarah Palin defends “Drill, Baby, Drill” on Twitter; Bugatti is experimenting with an electric powertrain that d… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Pictures: BP Bans Photos of Animals Killed by Oil Spill, Sarah Palin Defends "Drill, Baby, Drill", The All-Electric Supercar, and More (Slideshow)

Record Rains Drown and Strand Animal Residents of Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island

A water buck attempts to swim from Starvation Island to the mainland in northern Zimbabwe. Photo by the Associated Press It may take another Noah’s Ark to save the population of Zimbabwe ‘s sadly aptly named Starvation Island, where record seasonal rains have flooded the Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Record Rains Drown and Strand Animal Residents of Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island

The BP Oil Spill Has Folks Singin’ the Blues (Video)

With the BP oil leak continuing to threaten the gulf states,

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The BP Oil Spill Has Folks Singin’ the Blues (Video)

Today on Planet 100: Sinkhole Monster (Video)

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Today on Planet 100: Sinkhole Monster (Video)

The World’s Luckiest Cyclist (video)

Andrew Sullivan shows us the world’s luckiest bicyclist, and writes that “it looks as if he barely notices.” It’s true…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: BP Rage (Video)

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Today on Planet 100: Deadly Heat In India (Video)

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Bugatti Developing 800 HP All-Electric Supercar

Bugatti, maker of the world’s fastest and most expensive production vehicle, is experimenting with an electric powertrain that delivers 597 kW of power. That’s roughly 800 horsepower! Auto Express reports that engineers from the Volkswagen-owned comp… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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