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The ‘Prius’ is Latin for ‘(to go…) before’. Quite fittingly it heralds a new era of hip cars which have moved away from Henry Ford’s vision. Today, they are petrol powered environmental ogres. Necessary ‘evils’, for cars have been the harbingers of human advancement by taking the wheel much forward. They may be Hollywood’s latest [...]
The car companies are taking their sweet time to come up with alternative fuel vehicles that are affordable for the general public. We’ve covered this previously – DIY – Convert Your car to use Hydrogen Today, and now we bring you the story of Art Haines, who has taken it upon himself with his [...]
Who doesn’t like a bit of sun in their lives…and gradually we are getting it into our homes too. All thanks to solar power. From the beginning of time itself the sun has been one of the reasons for life itself. A plant synthesizes for itself using solar energy. And in a roundabout way we [...]
A table top on two wheels still isn’t a common sight on roads around the world. But if you ever catch one, be sure that it must be a solar car. The prototypes mostly took the form of flat solar collectors on four wheels with the driver just managing to squeeze himself in. As in [...]
Solar panels are just one of many alternative energy sources being used to help lower the world’s dependency on petroleum products, even through incorporation into everyday products and automobiles. But solar panels can have a dark side, with an exorbinate amount of energy used to manufacture them as well as the chemical used to create [...]