Biofuel (or Biorganic Fuel) is what it sounds like: fuel derived from organic material. The biofuel you're probably most familiar with is Ethanol. Ethanol is alcohol (though probably not something...
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  Two scientists, F. Jeffrey Martin and William L. Kubic Jr at Los Alamos National Laboratory, have come up with an idea that could potentially solve the emission problems caused by gas guzzling...
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I recently had the pleasure of watching William McDonough give talk on his new philosophy of design. He's been called a "Hero of the Planet" and has numerous other such honors. McDonough, an archi...
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The trend of going green in America is growing and why not with benefits like lower utility bills, less maintenance, greater comfort, and better health. The city of Austin is pushing these points ...
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One man's trash is another man's sushi roller thanks to the keen eye of junior-year Industrial Design students at Western Washington University and their project ReMade. The goal: create salable ...
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Those Italians are so darn clever. According to an article in Treehugger, blueberries are being used to replace silicon to harvest solar light into energy in Italy. The result is a much cheaper an...
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For those worried with energy consumption and all its downsides. When yourscreen is white, being it an empty word page, or the Google page, yourcomputer consumes 74 watts, and when its black it consum...
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