Japanese automaker Nissan has unveiled its eco-friendly transport ship: the 21,000-ton City of St. Petersburg. Thanks to its unusual design, which features a semispherical prow that’s claimed to reduce wind resistance by up to 50 percent compared to a conventional vessel, the City of St. Petersburg is expected to cut annual fuel usage by 800 tons, which will reduce CO2 emissions by 2,500 tons.
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Nissan’s First Green Vessel to Ship Green Cars
February 2nd, 2012 
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No Comments »Green Batteries, Where Can I Get One?
January 11th, 2012 admin The move from disposable to rechargeable batteries isn’t going as well as it might. Maybe it’s because the effort, on an individual basis, seems to have such a small impact. But the hundreds of thousands of discarded batteries sent to landfills every year are threatening the environment with toxic heavy metals. Environmentally friendly A major [...]
All About Smart Meters
November 23rd, 2011 admin What are smart meters? A smart meter is a new type of electricity or gas meter. The old-fashioned meters in most homes today do nothing more than keep track of total energy consumption on a dial on the meter. By contrast, smart meters can transmit and receive data to and from the electricity company. Among [...]
The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the leader in electric vehicles
November 23rd, 2011 admin The Renault-Nissan Alliance is the world-leader in electric-vehicle technology and the only car group worldwide offering a range of vehicles that consume no gasoline whatsoever. The Renault-Nissan Alliance plans to sell 1.5 million zero-emission cars by 2016. Nissan has already sold more than 18,000 LEAFs on three continents, making it the most popular EV in [...]
Posted in Cover Story, Latest News, Science & Technology Tags: ELECTRIC VEHICLES, green car, leaf, renault nissan 1 Comment »Earths Temperature According to NASA
June 17th, 2009 admin Climate Time Machine, not your ordinary time machine that is capable of bringing you to the past and change destiny. Hence, it is a joint project between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and the California Institute of Technology, NASA’s Climate Time Machine is a web application that allows you to visualize recent changes on earth in [...]
