Well, I don’t usually do this as the focus of this blog is green tech, but I’ve stumbled upon something cool that is definitely pro-environment but not necessarily high tech. Now, I’ve seen many different kinds of alphabet photography that focus mostly on industrial design, which may not be all that environmentally friendly. However, this • Read More »
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Audi PHEV – Plugging into What Green Consumers Want
November 24, 2010 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Plug-In Hybrids.Audi announced today that by 2014 they intend to bring a plug-in hybrid vehicle to market. Of course they are a little late to the game in this department with Toyota PHEV Prius and Chevy Volt preceding them. But, apparently competition is good in this department because Audi has now vowed that by 2020 they • Read More »
Transparent Solar Panels Developed for Windows
November 4, 2010 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) which is part of the U. S. DOE has come up with a thin-film material that can be used in transparent solar panels. This breakthrough discovery may have far-reaching impacts. According to the LANL, “The new material is a semiconducting polymer spiked with ‘fullerenes’ – soccer-ball-shaped, cage-like molecules composed • Read More »