The Convenient Solution
A short film about climate change and energy (Or how drinking beer can help save the planet).
We all know that, to stop climate change, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. The UK government says they need nuclear power to do this. Greenpeace’s new film explains why nuclear power can’t stop climate change – and lays down a better, cheaper, more convenient solution.
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Hybrid Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24-Hour race
Toyota Team SARD’s specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan. The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and in the later hours, it essentially dialed things up a notch and ran away from the rest of the field. Read more
Colway Tyres
Have you heard of Colway tyres? They are manufactured by C-Tyres, one of the leading UK retread tyre manufacturer. Each tyre is manufactured to meet the European standards and carries the European “E” mark, and are also tested to met the E108 and E109 stipulations, meaning that they meet the same exacting standards as brand new tyres.
Retread tyres manufactured by Colway Tyres are extremely environmentally friendly because they help reduce the number of new tyres being manufactured. Have you ever thought about the amount of resources it takes to produce a new tyre? Thus all the process will save a good amount of energy and oil. Colway Tyres also have taken a pro-active approach to the environment in recent years with the IWS to remanufacture any scraps left over from the retreading process into carpet underlay.
Audi announces the “cleanest diesel in the world”
From mid-2008 Audi will be putting the cleanest diesel technology in the world into series production. The new TDI engines with their ultra-low emission system combine the spontaneous performance and superior pulling power of today’s TDI power units with outstanding fuel consumption figures and incomparably low emissions. Read more
FCX Concept Makes its European Driving Debut
Honda’s next-generation FCX Concept fuel cell vehicle made its European driving debut at the Gotland Ring in Sweden. The vehicle is highly efficient, with an energy efficiency of around 60 percent; approximately three times that of a petrol-engine vehicle, twice that of a hybrid vehicle and 10 percent better than the current FCX. Read more
Renault announces 2007 Megane E85 launch
Renault UK will launch its first bioethanol car into the UK market when the Mégane Hatch E85 goes on sale at the end of 2007. This will be Renault’s first bioethanol vehicle to be sold in the UK and is in line with eCO2, the company’s commitment to producing environmentally-friendly vehicles for the whole life cycle of the vehicle, from design to their eventual recycling. With eCO2, Renault provides customers with a choice of vehicles across its range, both kind to the environment and motorists’ pockets, including the new Mégane E85. Read more
ECO-MMUNITY MAP
Sundance Channel announced today the launch of The Eco-mmunity Map, a new interactive tool designed to help you, find and list green individuals, businesses, special attractions, green cars and action points anywhere in the world through a customized version of Google Maps™. We invite you to participate by placing your own map markers and letting the world know about green-related people, places, events and companies in your area. The Eco-mmunity Map already features thousands of map markers around the world, but we’re counting on you to make the map a central resource for the green-minded everywhere.
Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 racer to attempt speed record
Ford Motor Company will take its 10 years of hydrogen research expertise to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August in an attempt to set the world land speed record in a hydrogen fuel cell powered Ford Fusion. The Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 fuel cell car – a collaboratively engineered racer with Ballard, Roush and Ohio State University – is one of two vehicles Ford’s fuel cell research team is helping prepare to set world land speed records. Read more
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