Goodwill is Adding More E-Cycling To Its Stores
Have you ever wondered what happens to computers that are dropped off at Goodwill, but don’t work? What about the printers, hard drives, and old monitors that no one wants anymore…do they just get pitched?
Well, not really. Back in 2004, Goodwill partnered up with Dell’s Reconnect Recycling Program. The program is an e-waste recycling effort [...]
Lolland: The First Hydrogen Powered Community
Can you imagine living in a community where all your power, and all the power the city was using, came from a renewable energy source?
It might sound like a pipe dream, but it’s becoming a reality in Lolland, a Danish island community.
The island was using wind power to make energy. But the problem is that [...]
The First Chevy Volts Are Now Hitting the Market
So this month, the first Chevy Volts (as well as the Nissan Leaf) have started hitting the markets. Motor Trend has already dubbed the Volt as the “2011 Car of the Year”, and so far the few customers who have managed to snag one are mostly over the moon about it.
What are they saying?
They say [...]
Could Cloud Computing Reduce Our Energy Use?
Have you heard about cloud computing yet?
If you’re outside the IT/tech field, then you might only have a vague understanding of what this technology is all about. I know until a few weeks ago the term “cloud computing” conjured up vague images of floaty servers and living a hardware-free life.
Well, turns out I wasn’t that [...]
Ethanol’s Fall From Grace
Ethanol used to be the hot-ticket topic. After all, even Al Gore used to tout the benefits of ethanol.
But many experts, including Gore himself, realize now that ethanol is simply not worth the huge amounts of energy that must be expended in order to create it. In fact, Gore admits he only supported ethanol because [...]
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