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Green Buildings and Homes Go Mainstream

September 6, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Green Homes.

For a long time, advocates of green living have had to endure some level of ridicule. And although once relegated to the fringes of mainstream public opinion, champions of sustainable solutions to the increasing problems associated with over-consumption may end up having the last laugh. More and more, sustainable living practices are making their way • Read More »

Fueling up Green with Biodiesel

August 30, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Biofuels.

Biodiesel is America’s first advanced biofuel. It is a renewable, low-carbon, clean-burning fuel that is made from a diverse mix of resources such as agricultural oils, recycled cooking oil and animal fats. Biodiesel fuel is made through a process where glycerin is separated from fat or vegetable oil. The process of producing biodiesel leaves behind • Read More »

World Record Reached for Solar Efficiency

July 26, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.

A company called First Solar has just raised the bar for every other photovoltaic cell manufacturer by setting a record for PV efficiency. First solar, among other things, makes cadmium-telluride (CdTe) solar cells and increased their efficiency to 17.3-percent. According to First Solar, “…it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar • Read More »

Volvo V60 Diesel Plug-In Hybrid Car

June 22, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Plug-In Hybrids.

This may not sound like a big deal at first. What, another hybrid? But, this is much bigger than that. The Volvo V60 PHEV is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs not only on battery power but on clean diesel fuel as well. I’m getting all green with excitement, now. According to Volvo the • Read More »

How Green is the Internet?

June 1, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Electricity.

If the Internet were a country it would rank fifth in the world for energy usage according to a recent report from Greenpeace. For those of you keeping track at home, that means that data centers around the world use more energy annually than India or Germany. The report, released in April this year, examined • Read More »

Li Ion Wave II Bye Bye to Fuel

May 4, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Electric Cars.

The winner of the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize was the Li Ion Wave II electric car. The whole idea behind the Automotive X-Prize was to encourage green car builders to come up with a vehicle that uses less fuel, is something that is easy to commercialize and that people would actually want to buy. • Read More »

Hypermiling Saves Fuel for Your Vehicle

April 11, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Gas Savers.

by guest blogger Haliyma Barrow The average person has probably never used the phrase hypermiling techniques in a regular conversation. Furthermore, most regular people have never thought of the idea of using hypermiling practices in order to improve their fuel usages. Their lack of knowledge in this area is understandable since the word hypermiling did • Read More »

Wave Disk Generator Hybrid Car Engine May Revolutionize Industry

April 9, 2011 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: High Mileage Vehicles.

Researchers at Michigan State University are giving Motor City executives something to squawk about, a new wave disk generator for hybrid cars that is twice as efficient as a traditional gasoline-powered engine. According to Discovery News, “…researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel • Read More »