Zero Pollution Motors to deliver snazzy-looking air-powered car to U.S.

Car maker Tata Motors announced the world’s first air-powered car last year for India, and now it’s going to be delivering a version to the U.S. starting in 2009 or early 2010. The company’s Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) division says the $17,800 car will deliver jaw-dropping specs, such as a 1000-mile range on each fill-up [...]

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Super Eco Ad

The World Wildlife Federation’s new billboard campaign casts a shadow to give the impression of rising water levels.

From youtube – on how it works:
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The board respects celestial mechanics (Kepler Rocks!). It’s perpendicular to the equator, with an unobstructed exposure to the west. The “waves” start at about 12:00 when the sun crosses the threshold above [...]

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Toyota Solar Tower – sponsored content

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Pharox bulb

The engineering and manufacturing of the Pharox bulb has been carried out in India, and it is estimated that if all Indians were to replace one incandescent bulb with this bulb, it would save 56 billion kWh of electricity, and 44 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, which would be equal to planting 140 million trees. [...]

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Doc injects life into fallen giants

City-based cardiologist gives a new lease of life to two centuries-old Peepal trees uprooted for road widening
Swati Thacker, Posted On Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 01:05:04 AM | Source: Bangalore Mirror
The garden city of India is fast losing its tag due to the felling of hundreds of trees in the name of road widening. However, [...]

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Tip of the day

A combination of high temperature, low humidity and dry compost causes plants to wilt rapidly and foliage to shrivel.