or so through a new hybrid delivery truck that will be used to deliver products in a 70-mile radius from Oakhurst's headquarters in Portland.
The truck uses 30 percent to 50 percent less fuel than the alternative. On 25 of its larger semi delivery trucks, Oakhurst will install side panels that are supposed to improve aerodynamics and,
therefore, fuel efficiency. The dairy figures that it will save between 6 percent and 8 percent in fuel costs based on current driving habits (an average of 30,000 miles annually per truck.
The retrofit should be completed by the end of 2010. The dairy figures it will cut about 7. 6 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually through the retrofit.
Its opponents are calling that a dodge. The answer here does not likely sit with legislators or law courts.
the only fully legal flying carthe last time a flying car had shot a at making an impact was in 1956,
and sky, meaning that the classic retrofuturistic dream of a dual-mode flying car is well within grasp.
the latest version of the flying dune buggy developed by Steve Saint and his crew at the Indigenous Peoples Technology and Education Center (ITEC).
among other things â they've designed it as a kit car. These can be licensed in most states...
For the first certified Maverick's vanity plate, FLY CAR seemed an appropriate choice. As for the hardware, it's a lithe, 900lb vehicle reminiscent of a dune buggy.
'The Maverick flying car is just one piece of the puzzle for I-Tec. We've been working on this particular project for six years,
while the glider car is at an $80, 000 price point, but it wouldn't take much of a reduction to turn this into an attainable tool--or toy--for countless individuals and organizations.
it's a flying car. It'll sell itself
Melbourne debates eating animalsmelbourne--At the Melbourne Town hall, two teams were asked recently to argue for or against the sharply formed motion:
her designer dress Car s glass roof by day becomes interior light at night. Oh OLEDS!
Mr. Peanut goes to Africa to train cashew farmersplanters, the century-old nut company best known for its dry roasted peanuts,
Road transportation a'key driver'of global warminganalyzing impact by economic sector rather than chemical species, NASA scientists have determined that motor vehicles are the greatest contributor to atmospheric warming, now and in the near term.
Cars, buses, and trucks release plenty of pollutants and greenhouse gases that facilitate global warming,
but emit few aerosols that counteract them. The second biggest impact of global warming: the burning of household biofuels such as wood and manure.
Automaker's nightmare? Google CEO: You won't'collapse in terror'because of Google glass Apple vs. San francisco fountain:
water demand will exceed supply by 40 percent Why we're running out of water A bicycle that produces drinking water may help thirsty villages
Entrepreneurs deliver healthy food to Indianapolis food deserts Shopping cart helps consumers make smarter food choices
New school designs learn from zoos, museums, wine and naturearchitects working in the education sector may be the zaniest innovators around.
or the Duke School in Durham, N c. Another driver is the green building movement. Programs like the Collaborative for High performance Schools
Organic-only for Beijing's middle-class momsbeijing--Locals call them Sleep Towns  commuter districts which empty out during office hours.
But one fleet of cars remains on the roads, ferrying soily of vegetables to far-flung apartment blocks.
The cars belong to the Green league  an organic food delivery firm set up by a band of local mothers.
including saloon cars, spacious apartments, and (at least domestic) air travel for their vacations. But these parents are worried about the threat pollution poses to their quality of life.
 Chinese supermarkets have been eager to jump on the organic bandwagon, with foreign chains like Carrefour and Walmart leading the way with their own ranges of organic produce.
and  the New york city subway, New york photographer Bruce Davidson has refocused recently his attention. Rather than telling the personal stories with his camera that earned him a Guggenheim,
With both the new tramway and park nearby the neighborhood is changing, and Masson hopes that the Archives will help stimulate cultural awareness in an otherwise cultureless neighborhood devoid of museums or cultural centers.
Pepsico rolls out intelligent crop management tech to farmerspepsico on Tuesday announced that it would deploy its new intelligent crop management technology to its farmers around the world.
Do not rely on Apple's ios 6 Mapsaustralian police have warned that motorists should rely less on technology
and more on common sense as the number of stranded motorists needing rescue climbs higher. Down Under, motorists in Victoria, Australia, have been warned by police to be careful
when relying on Apple's disappointing mapping system--especially as the number of drivers ending up in peculiar locations is on the rise.
Apple was earmarked for criticism this September when Google maps was removed from ios 6, forcing the firm's customers to use their own brand of mapping technology on gadgets including the iphone and ipad.
After following directions on their iphones, the Mildura Police force say that many motorists are finding themselves in the middle of Murray-Sunset National park instead of the actual location of Mildura,
Some of the motorists located by police have been stranded for up to 24 hours without food or water and have walked long distances through dangerous terrain to get phone reception.
and get by without a car or two cars. It would also be good for the environment.
We also have a large Ford motor Company facility in St paul. Despite our efforts and the efforts of the governor,
 This is a 122-acre Ford plant that will go to some other use, so we've been doing a lot of work preparing for it.
We knew Ford was going to close it for a number of years. Â It's located in a really desirable neighborhood in St paul
 A lot of it will depend on additional environmental testing that Ford will do now that the plant is closed.
cars and trucks, public transit, pedestrians and bicyclists. Make sure to come back tomorrow for the final edition of our four-part series:
if you want to look up a Jaguar car, there no barcode to scan. But that data we have
We're also seeing others showing an interest--a lot of single parents, a lot of business travelers, truck drivers, people that who don't have a strict routine by
At the Manneken Pis chip shop, owner Albert van Beek has created a mayo spread for his chips (what red-blooded Americans call french fries) that tastes like cannabis,
van Beek said. We specialize in sauces and we constantly want to diversify. There's no way of knowing yet
Green Car Congress
San francisco adopts progressive urban agriculture lawit's now a lot easier to be a farmer in San francisco. That's
3 million-square-foot building would drastically reduce trucking pollution, significantly boost efficiency and achieve a greater level of sustainability,
And, in addition to computer hardware and software, garage hackers and home-build enthusiasts are now merrily cooking up electric cars,
and termites that can eat old cars. If regulation of biohacking is too tight, such innovations or, at least,
Transportation The industrial world addiction to cars is costly and will become more so. The U s. uses roughly 21 million barrels of oil per day.
The same drone technology that the U s. military is using in Afghanistan could be put to use in the United states to transport goods between locations safer and faster than human drivers.
This could potentially free up roadways for humans as robot drivers could take a different route,
oebig Dog Robot, The Stanley self-driving car (originally covered in THE FUTURIST in May-June 2006.
Air-powered Cars and trains: As we featured in THE FUTURIST, September-October 2008, go-karts sporting air-powered engines whizzed around a racetrack in a test of mechanical engineering students prowess at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova scotia.
With support from Shell and inspiration from air-powered car concepts in Europe, the project aimed to develop a compressed air engine that would power a vehicle:
like gas-powered engines, the trick is to produce force on turbines, but to do so without creating emissions.
Though the go-karts could go 200 mph, they ran out of air quickly (and compressing the air in the first place requires energy that may not necessarily be oegreen),
and trucks to haul so many materials around. oeis teleportation possible? The Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) is willing to bet it is wrote
A pot for more-efficient food storage, a bicycle rigged to carry hundreds of pounds of cargo,
Coskata, which is backed by General motors and other investors, uses bacteria to convert almost any organic material, from corn husks (but not the corn itself) to municipal trash, into ethanol."
Growing Crops In Recycled Shipping Containerstake an unused parking lot in the middle of downtown Atlanta, Georgia on Ponce de Leon Avenue, put five 320-square foot recycled shipping containers tricked out with proprietary technology to reduce overall energy consumption
And, with a lengthy supply chain that involves sitting in a refrigerated truck for days,
Computers pull GPS data from railway locomotives, taking into account the weight and length of trains, the terrain and turns,
Perhaps the biggest driver for change is personal technology, which has untethered workers from their office,
¢Accessible by foot, bicycle or mass transit;¢¢Built to harvest all of the water and energy from the site;¢
because entrepreneurs and small organizations i e. oegarages have been critical drivers of diverse technological innovation in the U s. for several centuries,
(and corresponding consumption) are key macro-scale drivers of biodiversity loss. It is unclear what role synthetic biology and its products will play in these relationships.
I might argue that a bigger driver is the opportunity to profit from using land for production purposes.
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