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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
5 Extremely Strange Alternative Fuel Sources for Your Car
Who dreams up a car that runs on wood or coffee grounds or a way to turn road traffic into energy? Technology is always unpredictable and no one knows for sure what the future holds. Some of these ideas are brilliant and some are bizarre but at least these folks are thinking way outside of [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Earth-Friendly Products, Energy and Power, Sustainable Innovation, Transport Technologies by ecoble
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Update: New Floating Man-Made Island About to be Open to the Public
The original Spiral Island was the talk of the world: a man-made floating island constructed from 250,000 plastic bottles that could drift and relocate as needed until it was destroyed by disaster. Now the new Spiral Island is slated to open to the public within the next few months in Laguna Makax near Isla Mujeres. [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Design and Architecture, Environmental Images, Natural Environment, Sustainable Innovation, Transport Technologies, Various Ecobles by ecoble
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
The Changing Face of Climate Change
While some scientists predict a natural end to global warming in the near future others were recently caught off guard, surprised to learn they were unintentionally on a list of global warming deniers. Still, we’re dealing with a classic case of semantics and subterfuge. Sure, the Earth might stop warming on its own but does [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Various Ecobles by ecoble
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Land, Sea and Air - Hydrogen, Human and Wind Power: Three Ecological Transporation Innovations
Let’s face it, trying to solve a big problem in one quick step rarely works out, particularly when the problem is global and touches on virtually all kinds of transporation. Too many alternative energy concept vehicles try too hard to rely on a single source of energy. Electric cars need frequent recharges and solar-powered vehicles [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Energy and Power, Sustainable Innovation, Transport Technologies by ecoble
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Space Junk - The Strangest Trash (Not) on the Planet
With all our problems down here on Earth most people don’t think about space junk very often, but there is more of it to think about than most people realize. An estimate 50,000 pieces exist that are large enough to do significant damage on collision with an operational space craft or satellite. Over 90% of [...]
