VentureOne: Plug-in Hybrid Car

Here's a pretty cool looking hybrid car/bike/airplane (well, not quite an airplane); but it's really cool. Check out the video of this concept vehicle. Hope this makes it to the streets soon :-)

VentureOne, a revolutionary 3-wheel, tilting, plug-in Hybrid vehicle. This unique 2-passenger flex-fuel Hybrid vehicle will achieve 100 miles per gallon with a top speed of over 100 mph.

VentureOne thanks to Robb for bringing this to my attention.

Be Cool

There are some good tips on the Global Cool website for living green.

Such as:

• Turn your heating down by 1 degree.
• Don't leave electronics, appliances, and gadgets on "standby." Turn them off instead.
• Unplug chargers when you are done, so they won't drain energy.
• While cooking, don't boil over.
• Fly less often.
• Turn off lights when not required (should be obvious, but people still don't do it!). If you don't need them on then switch them off, they waste so much energy.
• Switch to a supplier that generates electricity through wind, water and solar power.
• Take a low-power shower.
• Buy better bulbs such as compact fluorescent bulbs.
• Pack the freezer, empty space wastes energy.
• Park the car, take a walk.
• Use better home insulation.
• Wash your clothes at a lower temperature in the washer.
• Buy locally grown foods.

Tesla: The Hotest New Green Car

Check-out the hottest new green car - the Tesla, an electric car that has zero emissions and goes from zero to 60 in less than four seconds.

Be prepared to shell-out a lot of $$$$$$ for this one and wait for a year or more for delivery. One can dream ;-)

ZAP Smart Car

ZAP has some interesting looking electric cars, fuel cell cars, and hybrid cars in the pipeline.

Check it out.

Giving Goes Green

Small companies are donating a portion of their sales to environmental groups through 1% For the Planet.

Giving Goes Green

Do You Recycle Your Electronic Gear?

Here are a couple of articles discussing recycling electronic gear and also how you can reduce your energy consumption by using green components in your PC.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, only about 10 percent of all electronics are currently recycled in the U.S. That is why our landfills are being filled with toxic lead, mercury, cadmium, copper and barium. And that is clearly not good enough people.

Do You Recycle Your Electronic Gear? - Gearlog

That's where you can help. Building a green PC means you can be part of the solution by using all lead-free parts that are also more energy-efficient.

PC Magazine: The Green PC

Put A Termite In Your Tank

Did you know it takes 7 gallons of gasoline to make 10 gallons of corn ethanol! Doesn't make much sense does it?

This BusinessWeek article discusses some alternatives ways to make ethanol from agricultural waste for much less, like using E. coli and termites.

Bio breakthroughs are promising much better ways to make ethanol.

BusinessWeek: Put A Termite In Your Tank