[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
While some believe we shouldn’t act at all because the price will be too high, other research suggests inaction would be far more costly. But both sides of this debate are wrong if we choose the best buys first, because then the cost of climate protection will be negative — not a cost but a […]
As we migrate to smaller spaces but also work at home on our laptops, it is nice to see desihttp://www.classicon.com/images/copyright.gifgns don’t take up much space but also let our work go away when we are done with it. Christoph Böninger’s Zelos desk isn’t very big when it is closed up;
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Enertia Electric Motorcycle
Brammo has just raised million from investors that include Best Buy Capital (will we see electric motorcycles in Best Buy stores?) to move forward production on the Enertia electric motorcycle. It’s a bit similar to the Zero X lithium-ion electric dirt bike, except that it’s a road bike.
Read on for more technical […]
Water for Life
Back in 2005, Warren wrote about the elephant pump. A design from ancient China that is now being used in poor regions of Africa to bring drinking water to local populations, with the benefit that it can be easily assembled and maintained locally.
We found this Youtube video about it and thought it […]
“The goal is a home that does not release any CO2, or other greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere as a result of producing or consuming energy on the entire site,” said Dr Greg Foliente, project leader for the CSIRO’s Zero Emission House (ZEH) project. [Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia’s national science agency.] […]
How cool is this? A kitchen, an office and a bedroom that fold out of these lovely cabinets, designed by Toshihiko Suzuki Architect. …
U.S. Military: Single-Largest Consumer of Oil in the World
We constantly hear about how this or that car gets X miles per gallon, but we rarely hear anything about the fuel consumption of the various armies around the world. Out of curiosity, we decided to have a closer look. We limited ourselves to US military ground […]
Ford Canada has a media program where they lend cars out to writers; I don’t drive a lot (and our car guy Mike was too far away) but had never been in a hybrid so took them up on their offer of a 2008 Escape hybrid.
My first reaction was that IT’S BIG! I asked […]
Enertia Electric Motorcycle
Brammo has just raised million from investors that include Best Buy Capital (will we see electric motorcycles in Best Buy stores?) to move forward production on the Enertia electric motorcycle. It’s a bit similar to the Zero X lithium-ion electric dirt bike, except that it’s a road bike.
Read on for more technical […]
After almost getting hit by a car on the way home from a bike ride today, I came across an op-ed piece in the Providence Journal (my local newspaper) titled ‘Get Bikes off the Road.’ The article began as follows: “It is often suggested that automobile drivers should learn to share the road […]