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Lafty on March 25th, 2009

It is very possitble that in 2011 the US might see the cheapest new car ever produced. This Indian made car sells for $2000 and gets 56 MPG!  I know it’s tiny and some people may thing it is unsafe, but it’s worth a try!

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Lafty on December 10th, 2007

Pretty informative article on coopamerica.org about recycling (and/or reusing) items that your garbage collector doesn’t normally pick up curbside.

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Lafty on December 10th, 2007

I read an article on Treehugger about how off-shore wind turbines could potentially power all homes in England by 2020. Yes, there are environmental issues concerning wind turbines, but I feel there aren’t as many as using non-renewable sources of energy. I support wind energy and I find stories like this encouraging.

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Lafty on December 4th, 2007

I came across this article via EcoGeek. The current Ford Escape gets around 30MPG which makes it the most fuel efficient SUV “on the planet” as Ford describes. Kudos. Now, imagine the ability to plug this hybrid in to a standard power socket and charge its batteries while you are sleeping. [...]

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Lafty on November 28th, 2007

Grabbed this from EcoGeek.. This is just another reason I love GOOGLE! –> “Today, Google announced RE — think renewable electricity cheaper than coal. To be honest, it is hard to overestimate the importance of actions like these.”
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