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Friday, April 17th, 2009Motorists will be offered subsidies of up to £5,000 to encourage them to buy electric or plug-in hybrid cars under plans announced by the UK government. It is part of the government’s £250m plan to promote low carbon transport over the next five years.
Eco-friendly iPod Charging
Monday, November 24th, 2008An environmentally conscious iPod user has used an onion and energy drink mixture to power his iPod, a report claims. Owen Louis, 21, made two small holes into an onion, poured in the energy drink and then placed his USB cable into the onion to charge his iPod. Apparently it works a treat, although how [...]
Eco-Friendly HDTV
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008As electricity bills continue to rise, and the world becomes more eco-friendly savvy, electronics giant Sharp is offering us a solution. Large screen HDTVs are known for using a lot of electricity, especially plasmas. Most manufactures are doing their bit by cutting down on the amount of electricity the sets consume when in use, and [...]
Eco-friendly Solid Inks
Monday, September 29th, 2008A new ink technology has arrived by Xerox which is a much more environmentally friendly printing option that may well be the start of something big for the print industry.
27 Green and Eco-Friendly Search Engines
Thursday, August 21st, 2008The following green search engines are divided into those that search the green web and those that simply search the internet at large but also otherwise contribute to the green cause in some way, whether carbon offsetting or planting trees in the Amazon. Change the way you search today and know that every click will [...]
Free Energy Solution
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana
Researchers at MIT say they have made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. Sunlight has the greatest potential of any power source to [...]
Green message fails to convince IT buyers
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Just 16 per cent of UK respondents said they actively purchased green IT gear with hype, over-pricing and a lack of budgetary responsibility for energy bills contributing to hitting green IT sales, according to one of Europe’s biggest surveys on the topic.
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