Only fuel cell hybrids can save us? Most these days claim fuel cells are a dream, but are America’s plans for energy independence or serious reductions in global warming emissions any less of a dream? Study after study demonstrates the fickleness of consumers towards embracing hybrid cars , especially plug-in versions. Likewise, according to most studies, achieving energy independence and serious reductions in …

Time to start mining Within a decade, American companies could run out of rare earth metals – essential materials for hybrid cars , wind turbines, computers, etc. – if China follows through on plans to stop rare earth exports according to experts . Yet, one of the biggest rare earth metal deposits probably exists right here in America, but…

An unintended 94 mph Yesterday, a Southern California man claimed to have experienced sudden acceleration in his 2008 Toyota Prius . For about 30 miles James Sikes could not slow down his Prius which accelerated to 94 mph. After passing another car on the freeway, Sikes said the gas pedal stuck and the car just kept accelerating. Putting …

These policies’s often cost a bit more, but with more than 40000 eco friendly cars now driving along our nations roads, the initiative may be working. This policy may be a great buy for those who truly wish to aid the environment, …

Huge outdoor festival celebrating the best of eco-friendly , veggie lifestyles, with music, kids’ cookery classes, stalls, dance, fair trade and more. At the Amphitheatre, Waterfront Square and Millennium Square. … won a 2008 ‘Greener Festival’ award; 90% onsite recycling and composting, locally produced food served in reusable/compostable containers, powered by locally-sourced chip-fat biodiesel

Register | Login · green living, green cars , hybrid cars … Several years ago I invited John “Plasma Boy” Wayland onto my Sirius Satellite Radio show “The Lazy Environmentalist” to talk about eco-friendly cars . I had… Read more on The Huffington Post. After a rocky start, Honda’s CR-Z joins U.S. hybrid derby: Honda Motor Co.’s new CR-Z sporty hybrid is the car that nearly wasn’t. Read more on AutoWeek. Green …

Purely seeking drama for ratings? After days questions about whether ABC altered evidence in an important report the TV station ran on the Toyota ‘unintended acceleration’ recalls, and seized upon by Congress, were ‘doctored’ have finally been answered. Turns out the automaker used fake footage to dramatize their story, as Gawker.com …

Eco-friendly fun. Putting the green in date night. By Carly Felton. Now that green is the new black, eco-consciousness can be seen and felt everywhere, from Smart Cars and low-flow toilets to farm-to-table fare, but is it applicable to a night on the … The menu items are prepared on efficient equipment that uses clean, natural gas. The fryer oil is converted into…

It is not like the big three do not have eco friendly cars . Plus they have very good cars coming out in 2010, but if they can not make it until then we will be stuck with 40 mpg cars, instead of the in theory 120 mpg that the domestic … Congress should stay out of the car business, they all ready…

Major Japanese oil wholesaler Nippon Oil and Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Plant Technologies are developing a technology that’s supposed to make it possible to mass-produce eco-friendly jet fuel from Euglena, single-celled organisms that live in ponds and lakes. To be more exact, both companies are … What would you even do with a 100 mbps Internet connection? Get it? Fast car , fast Internet connection? I’m trying, folks, believe me. About a …

It’s interesting to me that the gentle concept of eco-friendly cars doesn’t need to manifest in slow or timid looking design. Sure, the Prius is the consumer image of green cars today, but as these car designs show, being energy-aware …

60 percent want hybrids to be superior in every way According to a new Accenture Study taken in the US, Canada, Germany, France and Italy, 6 out 10 consumers will only buy a hybrid when it is “superior to gasoline-only models in every way.” Likewise, just 36 percent of consumers cited higher gas prices as a reason to buy a …