When looking for ways to reduce pollution and reduce the country’s dependence on oil many people look for the best electric car they can find. With so many makes and models on the market today it can be a difficult choice but it can be equally hard to determine if they want a hybrid vehicle or an all-electric vehicle.
Thinking about buying a new or used car you can look over your choices using the green vehicle guide to determine the environmental impact of your vehicle choices. Operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Index.do you can input the year, make and model of a vehicle you are considering and learn about the effect the car, or truck, will have on the atmosphere.
Two Iowa State University researchers, Najeeb Kuzhiyil and Song-Charng Kong, working with the Department of Defense, have designed a biodiesel engine that can increase the power output of its biodiesel fuel and also work effectively at recycling waste…. and it’s all by dissolving polystyrene packing peanuts in biodiesel.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could use one of the cheapest resources on earth to power our vehicles?
Well, by the year 2011 Zero Pollution Motors is hoping to make up to 8,000 air-powered green vehicles a year in every state in the U.S…
We all know that it’s hip to have a Mini Cooper, especially since they allow you to zip in and out of traffic like the wind.
So wouldn’t it be ultra hip to have an electric Mini Cooper that can travel up to 150 miles on a single charge?
Yes it would, and BMW is actually going to make it happen…
What’s emission-free, runs on an electric battery and is shaped like a green pea?
It’s Chrysler’s new GEM PeaPod, and it’s one of the most innovative and eco-friendly electric vehicles in production…
This past summer the University of Miami launched two new green programs that will not only reduce carbon emissions on campus, but will also help students lower their carbon footprint.
Though both Green U programs deal with using green vehicles, one program uses cars while the other uses bicycles…
Since Americans spend about $1.5 billion on gas everyday, wouldn’t it be wiser, and more affordable, to carpool with others to cut fuel consumption in half?
Of course it would be, and that’s why there are ride share programs like eRideShare.com.
Here’s a blog post that was contributed to our Stories and Successes section by Jill Miller…
There’s a great article in Yahoo! News that discusses the current bike hype for students on college campuses.
Today many colleges are offering great incentives for students to ride their bike to and from class, all in an effort to avoid fuel consumption, campus overcrowding and a large carbon footprint…
A math teacher from Switzerland who took his ‘solartaxi’ idea to four Swiss universities, who in return helped fund it for $250,000, might just set a world record as the first person to drive a motor vehicle not powered by fossil fuels around the world.
He started in his hometown of Lucern, Switzerland last July, and recently stopped at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science…