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I don’t think you could talk about this with a straight face

I don’t think you could talk about this with a straight face

A poop powered car. Yup, it is going to be incredibly hard to talk about this without all kinds of sophomoric jokes about passing wind or how this car is full of shit but I'll try. The image at the ... Read >
Holycrapawesome: China planning giant buses that cars can drive under

Holycrapawesome: China planning giant buses that cars can drive under

As populations grow and pollution increases, ideas like this are gold dust. One Chinese company has proposed new buses that are SO FREAKING BIG they straddle the road, while cars drive beneath them. The sheer amount of ... Read >
Climategate scientists cleared of manipulating data on global warming

Climategate scientists cleared of manipulating data on global warming

Muir Russell report says scientists did not fudge data, but they should have been more open about their work This article was written by David Adam, environment correspondent, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 8th July 2010 01.13 UTCThe climate ... Read >
If supersonic transport was sexy it would look like this

If supersonic transport was sexy it would look like this

One of the biggest problems with supersonic air travel is the supersonic part mainly because of the potential for devastating sonic booms. The other problem with it is the fuel costs associated with it. However NASA, in conjunction with Lockheed ... Read >
Solar City Tower Creates Huge Waterfall Above Sea Level, Enough Power For Summer Olympics

Solar City Tower Creates Huge Waterfall Above Sea Level, Enough Power For Summer Olympics

How do you turn your cities Summer Olympic Games into the most showy in history? You build a 105 meter high waterfall above sea level and then control it with solar power. The waterfall, which will be featured ... Read >
South Korea Begins Testing “Recharging Roads”

South Korea Begins Testing “Recharging Roads”

The University of California a while back invented recharging roads, a technology that allows vehicles to suck up energy from the ground. Now South Korea has adopted the technology and they are currently testing it at a ... Read >
5 Pics of one huge big-assed solar boat – and I mean big

5 Pics of one huge big-assed solar boat – and I mean big

Solar is all the rage these days with everyone from home owners to big corporations getting in on the act. So when it comes to news about solar projects one can get kind of jaded and then ... Read >
Sony Ericsson Naite Debuts For Sale With Eco Friendly Footprint

Sony Ericsson Naite Debuts For Sale With Eco Friendly Footprint

The eco-friendly Sony Ericsson Naite shows just how quickly people are willing to buy up anything considered "green." The Sony Style website showed the units as available and then immediately "out of stock." With an unlocked and unsubsidized ... Read >
Smart And Eco-Friendly Turbine Light Concept, Using Cars To Power Street Lights

Smart And Eco-Friendly Turbine Light Concept, Using Cars To Power Street Lights

The Turbine Light concept will officially debut later this month at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City, but the concept was so cool we just couldn't wait any longer. The eco-friendly street lights work by attaching ... Read >
Samsung Debuts EcoGreen F3EG Hard Drive

Samsung Debuts EcoGreen F3EG Hard Drive

For "green friendly" computer users Samsung has debuted their F3EG hard drive, a unit capable of storing up to 2TB of information on four 500GB platters, while using Samsung EcoTriangle technology, a system setup around eco-friendly components, ... Read >
4 Reasons Why The Apple Tablet Could Be Good For The Environment

4 Reasons Why The Apple Tablet Could Be Good For The Environment

There's been a lot of talk about what the Apple Tablet will do for the PC industry, Apple profits, the future of content delivery, etc. What I haven't seen is a whole lot about what the product ... Read >
Audi discovers the Streisand Effect over suicide ad [Video]

Audi discovers the Streisand Effect over suicide ad [Video]

Like all other car manufacturers Audi is pushing its move to greener cars but they definitely aren't too pleased about a video circulating through the Internet depicting a man trying, and failing, to commit suicide using one ... Read >
The Failure at Copenhagen – Let’s talk China

The Failure at Copenhagen – Let’s talk China

Back on December 19 I wrote here about how much of a failure that COP15 in Copenhagen was and how anyone with half a brain could have seen it coming. Interestingly enough a few days later Mark ... Read >
The Copenhagen Accord – the joke any sane person would have seen coming

The Copenhagen Accord – the joke any sane person would have seen coming

In the beginning it was called global warming - a name that forever has hobbled any sane discussion over how our world is changing and heading into one where geographical and climate changes are only being hinted ... Read >
A green vibrator, so at least you don’t feel guilty about the environment

A green vibrator, so at least you don’t feel guilty about the environment

An Irish company has found a way to mitigate at least some of the guilt associated with sex toys. Yes, you're still a filthy wanker or sexual deviant, but at least you don't have to worry about the ... Read >
Alaska – disappearing at 45 feet per year

Alaska – disappearing at 45 feet per year

While the big climate conference in Copenhagen is turning out to more of a train wreak as each day goes by another piece of Alaska disappears in the the fridge ocean water. In what could be considered ... Read >
New York City Tests Hybrid Dump Trucks With 500 Pound Battery

New York City Tests Hybrid Dump Trucks With 500 Pound Battery

In a move to "Green" their operations, NYC is currently testing dump trucks that run on a 120-kilowatt electric motor powered by a 500-pound lithium battery. Read >
Climategate Defense Spin Fails

Climategate Defense Spin Fails

If you've been following significant parts of the blogosphere for the last few days, you would have heard by now about "Climategate," the leaked emails from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, one ... Read >
US Navy looks to climate change and the melting Arctic

US Navy looks to climate change and the melting Arctic

If there is one issue that is guaranteed to get everyone all stirred up (and no I'm not referring to Apple vs Microsoft) whenever it is mentioned it is talk about climate change. There are those that believe that ... Read >
Dutch Team Upset At World Solar Challenge, Tokai Challenger Wins

Dutch Team Upset At World Solar Challenge, Tokai Challenger Wins

A Japanese team competing in Australia's World Solar Challenge took top honors this week in the 1,864 mile solar car race, upsetting the 4-time Dutch champs. The car, known as the Tokai Challenger finished the race in 29 ... Read >
Regen Reverb Solar-Powered iPod Dock Gets Revealed

Regen Reverb Solar-Powered iPod Dock Gets Revealed

60 watts of solar power goodness isn't the easiest thing to crank out, in fact the Regen Revert Solar-Powered iPod Dock requires 3 feet of height to achieve that goal and it does so with a sleek ... Read >
Largest Solar Panel Plant In U.S. Gets Ready To Go Live

Largest Solar Panel Plant In U.S. Gets Ready To Go Live

The Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center is about to go live with 25 megawatts of power at a cost of nearly $150 million. The plant, for the time being will be the largest Solar Power producing ... Read >