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Theres a common cliche line that goes “If you want big rewards, you gotta take big risks”. To some extent this is true, but if your big risk is setting a date to be completely fossil fuel free you better be ready to back that up. This is the case with Merecedes recent statement that they would like to make their production line a fossil fuel free line by 2015.

According to this scientist it may be feasible to harness the power of tornadoes to generate electricity. Essentially these power plants would create safe vortexes which are fed through turbines. It's estimated a power plant of this type could generate 200 megawatts of electricity enough for a small city.

I know, I know, its an old watered down topic but I gotta talk about it because there is some interesting and unusual ideas presented in this article. Smartly titled as Inconvenient Truths, the article presents Wired’s take on the climate crisis.

The world has woken up to the problem of carbon footprints and burning of fossil fuels, and humans are now ardently looking for greener alternatives in every aspect of existing. Since commuting everyday is an integrated part of our dally routine, we do have many green options to try.

Its interesting to look at todays toys and products and to think what came before them? What was it that paved the way for this to become the dominant product it is today? For example: when you look at the computer, what came before the computer that helped the computer become what it is today? A simple and broad answer, and not necessarily 100% accurate, could be the calculator. Not exactly the best answer, but you see what I am trying to get at. So what about the car industry, what car is making the future of cars a little more exciting?

...a technology available right now that can make some wanton energy waste history. It’s a surge protector that stakes the hearts of vampire electronics without hassling you, the sleeping victim.

The Hymotion by A123Systems is a PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) module that has just rolled out that will enable Toyota Prius owners to achieve 100 mpg.

Cuba has lifted the ban on electric bikes and other electronic items as new President Raul Castro wants real progress for the nation.

Boeing has just shown off the world's first hydrogen fuel cell hybrid electric manned airplane to fly, a zero emissions vehicle, which climbed to 3,300-feet and cruised at 62 mph.

It uses cameras instead of rearview mirrors and rides on three wheels instead of four but what is most innovative is it's astounding gas mileage.

The California Air Resources Board has decided to kill off the electric car again also the hydrogen vehicle in favor of plug-in hybrids. The result will be dirtier air, less investment in future technology and more dependence upon foreign oil than was offered under their previous plan.

The Nissan Denki Cube all-electric concept car was unveiled at the 2008 New York International Auto Show and gives a glimpse at the future of EV's.

I was drawn to the Aptera car because it's got a unique design but I've fallen in love with it because it's so eco-friendly. Here's the info on how it's inspired me.

  Teams from around the world are gearing up for the Automotive X Prize, a competition that will award part of $10 million to the team that builds the cleanest production-ready 100 MPGe (mile per gallon equivalent) vehicle.

General Electric is putting up new wind farms in Texas and Illinois that will power 70,000 homes and replace 526,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases with clean, renewable energy.