Roads could be a source of power
Anyone will know that when they were children and played outside, the roads during the summer got really hot. This has finally been realised by the science community who believe that this could be a brilliant source of power.
The idea is to lay conductive copper piping before a new asphalt (Black Top) is laid. They [...]
Bee deaths threaten food supplies
This is not the first time that the subject of the declining population of the UK’S bee’s has once again become news, this time because of the results from a survey that has been conducted by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) which show that the nations bee population has fallen again.
This may seem like a [...]
BioFuels made from sawdust
It seems that there is no limit to the types of plant matter, which can be converted into biofuels, the only problem is converting the plant molecules into the liquid hydrocarbons, which is essential, otherwise the whole process is a waste of time.
Once this conversion has taken place plant material and waste plant material can [...]
Segway sales up
The famous Segway personal transport system, have been around since 2001 when the inventor Dean Kamen launched it onto the unsuspecting world to the same sort of public response as the personal transport that Sir Clive Sinclair invented, the Sinclair C5!
But it seems that the tide is changing and the Segway is making a big [...]
Millions of people poorer due to bio fuels
At first bio fuel may have seemed a great idea, but now that the scale of the industry is becoming more apparent, there are fears that the hunger for fuel to put into cars is driving the bio fuel industry to expand.
But this expansion of crops for bio fuels means that the traditional crops are [...]
Solar power to take off in Japan
Japan is one of the countries which has to import a lot of their resources such as raw materials and in particular fossil fuels, which puts a massive strain on the country as they are forever scratching around for the best deals, but at the time are at the mercy of someone else.
This could account [...]
The plan to save Battersea power station
A £4 billion plan to save Battersea power station before it falls down has been unveiled, but I order to save the power stations which is one of the most easily recognisable sights on the London skyline the sight is going to have to change dramatically.
The project will include an underground link, three thousand homes, [...]
The business of being green
There are not many places that you can go or see on the TV where eco friendly items are being marketing. The problem is for the average person going green is not very easy, first there is the time consumption because inevitably going green slows things down and then there is cost, going green can [...]
June 17, 2008Top Gear in the US
Could it true? Top Gear is going to appear in the States after all, but this time it is going to be without the familiar faces of Clarkson, Hammond and May! They will not be going over the Atlantic and torturing the American public with their own type of humour and style.
Replacing them will be [...]
The real price of oil
Nobody can escape the talk of oil these days, no matter where you are located, oil and the price of oil has an impact on virtually everyone’s lives in one way or another and yet there is talk that the price of a barrel of oil could be as much as sixty per cent of [...]
June 6, 2008Are Bio Fuels bad for business?
Well this is going to be part of the big debate, because yes Bio Fuels are great but they are really not a replacement for fossil fuels, they will just extend their usage by a few years.
The real problem with the rise of Bio Fuels is the damage that the growing this crop does, in [...]
Bio fuels are bad business
By 2010 all vehicles in the UK will be using at least some part of bio fuel when they fill up at the petrol station. This is the UK government’s way of reducing green house gases and the reliance of fossil fuels.
But this is move that is bound to upset many green groups and charities [...]
Water and Oil equals world domination
As almost everyone on the planet has realised we are using up the natural resources and there will come a time when they have been depleted, but before we get to that stage there will be time when military power is over taken by those who have a hold over the worlds most precious resources, [...]
March 4, 2008Cloned cows go on sale
It may sound a bit like science fiction, but the fact the first cloned cows are about to go on sale in the UK is definitely fact.
The first calves born to a cloned cow in the UK will be travelling to the live stock auction in Bristol this week, this is said to be [...]
Over 12,000 wind farms needed
There is no doubt that wind power is an exceptional way of producing electricity, so much so that it would appear the European Commission in Brussels has decided that we need more, in fact around 12,500 more wind farms!
Now this is going to cause problems for the UK as at the moment only five per [...]
Sony to offer trade in on TV’s
Don’t throw that old TV away because it could worth a little bit of cash. This is being rolled out across the States at the moment, but don’t think that it’s going to be like trading your old car in for part exchange, because this scheme does not work like that.
People with an old TV [...]
Google to spend millions on Green energy
Google plan to tackle the world reliance on fossil fuels for energy, it is estimated to be around 40% of the world is reliant on coal for electricity. Googles idea is to replace this reliance coal with cheaper renewable energy, which is key in reducing global warming and save the planet.
They intend to develop cutting [...]
Anita Roddick, dies at the age of 64
She was probably the UK’s best-known woman entrepreneur and founder of the green retailer The Body Shop. Anita Roddick died yesterday at the 64 after being struck down by a fatal brain haemorrhage.
It was way back in 1976 when the original Body Shop opened up its doors in Brighton, who could have known then, that [...]
Being green can boost business
Announcing to the world that your business is going to become carbon neutral can be a great thing for business. For in a recent survey compiled for the dedicated web hosting company Memset. The UK’s first hosting company to become carbon neutral, the figures speak for themselves.
Now this may not mean much, but the survey [...]