Test Run For Solar Car
Marcelo De Luz from Toronto is taking a car for a test drive. This is not your usual 15 minute drive down to the next highway exit though. Mr De Luz is driving a solar-powered car from Buffalo, New York to Inuvik, which is in Canada’s Northwest Territory.

“No fair,” you say, “The sun is out for 24 hours in Inuvik at this time of year, so of course the solar car will have no problem.” Well, the sun DOES shine all day and night, but the angle of it is so low on the horizon that the car’s solar cells will have a hard time using them to repower, so it’s a true test. More …

New Zealand Leads the Way in Curbing Global Warming
New Zealand may soon be the first country in the world with an emission trading plan that covers all greenhouse gases and all sections of greenhouse gas generators.
It’s goals are ambitious: carbon neutral in the electricity sector by 2025 and in transportation by 2045. The plan also calls for much more reforestation in an industrialized country that is unique, in that almost half of its emissions come from the agricultural sector. More …

Green Motor Oil is Not an Oxymoron
Hard as it is to believe, there is now a motor oil that is completely biodegradable - with the help of a small dose of additive, that is. Certified by The American Petroleum Institute, the G-Oil is made from tallow, animal fat, and exceeds the API’s standards for use in vehicles.

When you’re ready to change your oil, you simply add the G-Disposoil additive to it and it turns into soil. More …

How Do You Recycle a  Wind Turbine?
Aeronautica, a Massachusetts company, has a plan for recycling them, starting with some that are being retired from California wind farms. While these turbines are still perfectly usable, they’re being replaced by bigger and more technically refined turbines, so they’re no longer suitable for large wind farms.

But that doesn’t mean that they can’t still provide power for smaller installations, which is where Aeronautica comes in. More …

Mega Solar Project for Japanese City
Sakai, Japan is embarking on a very ambitious project: a 28,000KW capacity solar power generation station that will reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 10,000 tons annually.

The first facility will be installed on top of a landfill and the second will be on top of the Sharp Company’s building, so that it can run Sharp’s manufacturing installation. Sharp and Kansai Electric Power will be working with the city on the project. More …

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