March 7, 2008
Cars and Transport, Environment, In the News, Travel
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Environmental Concerns: American Airlines Flies International – With Merely Five Passengers!
A mere five people rode a transatlantic flight from Chicago to London on American Airlines, wasting 15,000 gallons of fuel. Environmental groups criticized the airline for so much unnecessary waste.
How the Fuel Was Wasted
A mechanical problem on February 8 forced a flight Read the rest…
February 1, 2008
Cars and Transport, Travel
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First Batch of Smart Cars Hits Southern California, and GE&P Buys One!
Green Eggs Co-founder Matty Byloos sat down with Steven Patton, COO of Green Eggs and owner of a brand new 2008 Smart Car — one of the first new batch to hit Southern California. The following represents notes from the conversation.
Green Eggs / Matty Byloos: What influenced your decision to purchase a Smart Car?
Steven Patton: I think the style and design of the Smart Car initially sold me on ordering one, but the gas mileage (close to 50 mpg) is a definite plus. It also doesn’t hurt that it is designed and marketed through Mercedes Benz and Penske, so I knew I was getting a quality product.
My commute to work is 17 miles each way down PCH from Malibu to Santa Monica and the Smart Car is absolutely perfect for the drive. Read the rest…
January 11, 2008
Cars and Transport, Environment, Travel
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Extreme Hybrid Cars = the Answer?
Find out more information about the Hybrid car of the future in this video news piece from CNN.
CNN’s Greg Hunter takes a sneak peek at an ‘extreme hybrid’ car that gets about 150 miles per gallon.
Running Time: 3:52
December 18, 2007
Cars and Transport, Environment, Issues, Travel
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Investigating Biodiesel: The Good and the Bad Sides
post by Jim Bashkin at Chemistry for a Sustainable World
There are good and bad sides to biofuels, as Jane Goodall points out. I will explore this in detail in a series of articles that express my opinion and cite scientific reports or discussions. First, a bullet-point summary of key points is given below.
Much of the good/bad duality of biofuels has to do with the following questions:
* Where do the biofuels come from?
* What are we destroying in order to generate biofuels?
* What are we consuming in order to generate biofuels?
* What are we failing to produce in order to generate biofuels?
To find out more on this subject and to finish the the rest of the report on biodiesel, read James Bashkin’s “Biodiesel” published at Chemistry for a Sustainable World.
This blog posting is Copyright 2007 James K. Bashkin
December 6, 2007
Environment, In the News, Issues, Travel
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South Africa Travel: Taiping Four Return to Cameroon
So it seems that after several years of life in the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa in Pretoria, the four gorillas have finally been returned to their original home in Cameroon, courtesy of Kenya Airways.
According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, “around six years ago, four infant Western Lowland gorillas were violently removed from their families and forest home in Cameroon and transported half-way around the world.” Eventually, after stopping over in Malaysia, their travels eventually landed them in South Africa.
Travel to and From South Africa: Gorillas Safely Arrive
Originally smuggled out of Cameroon in 2002, the four have Read the rest…
