Category archives: Cool Green Future

I really love this editorial on how consumers are leaning towards green cars but need some more incentives to go over the edge.  More and more people are opting to embrace the green lifestyle in the face of the horrendous effects of climate change. Global market realities, principally high oil…

Forget horsepower. Gator gas may be the next big thing to keep your motor running. Forget horse power!  Looking for alternatives to using food crops, such as soybeans and corn, as raw materials for fuel, U.S. researchers have developed a way to extract oil from alligator fat and easily convert…

Did someone try to pull the organic wool over our eyes?  Electric vehicles, (EVs) produce more emissions than conventional cars in production, but still have far lower carbon footprints over their lifetimes, according to a new study that “dispels the myth” that low carbon cars transfer emissions from exhaust to…

While the U.S. housing market remains in flux because of high employment and record foreclosures, KB Home, one of America’s premier home builders, has found success in building and marketing homes and properties that are green and environmentally-friendly. On May 17, KB Home unveiled the Primera Terra, the largest Leed…

Google might be a little too big with its mostly complete monopoly in online search but it appears they are trying to green up their image. Google and more than 80 other companies are collaborating with the Department of Energy to make it simple for drivers of electric vehicles to…

Great article over at www.ctv.ca explaining the green car era that we are embarking on, the more solid green choices consumers have the quicker we can start getting pollution under control!! The first mass-market electric vehicles are about to go on sale in selected cities, kicking off the beginning of…

I was visiting Standard Auto Wreckers down here in Toronto, Ontario and the place was buzzing with activity!  I saw a film production crew grabbing some coffee near a wrecked Mercedes and tried to squeeze some information out of them, but to no avail.  Later on I caught up with…

Great green news out of CA, California’s two biggest investor-owned utilities have been given the green light to buy 616 megawatts of renewable energy. Southern California Edison will buy 20 years worth of output from two giant solar photovoltaic plants being developed by First Solar, Inc. Pacific Gas and Electric…

Here is some great (not so crappy) news from the UK.  Bio-fuel pellets made from horse manure will help power the new barracks of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Ministry of Defense announced. Recycled waste and bedding from the regiment’s 111 horses will provide enough low-carbon energy to cover the…