Archive for September, 2009
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Monday, September 28th, 2009Biodiesel Biodiesel, natural gas and hydrogen are three of the more environmentally responsible options for the development of future automobile fuels. Let’s examine these choices in more detail, beginning with biodiesel. This is a renewable fuel produced from domestic vegetable oils such as canola, soybean, and cooking oil, or animal fats. Biodiesel is often combined [...]
Royal Mail vans to go green for trial
Sunday, September 27th, 2009By Michael MacLeod TRADITIONAL red Post Office vans are to turn green on a Scots island. If a trial of a new breed of hydrogen-powered post vans proves successful on the Isle of Lewis , they could be rolled out across the UK. The tiny vehicles can only cover up to 135 miles on a [...]
New Findings Could Help Hybrid, Electric Cars Keep Their Cool
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny “microchannels” has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices. Allowing a liquid to boil in cooling systems dramatically increases how much heat can be removed, compared to simply heating a [...]
GM, Reva to jointly roll out more electric vehicles
Sunday, September 27th, 2009The Indian arm of General Motors (GM) Thursday said it is partnering Bangalore-based electric car maker Reva to develop and produce electric vehicles for the Indian market. According to General Motors India managing director Karl Slym, the initiative was “in line with government objectives to reduce fossil fuel dependence”. “We are going to work closely [...]
Occupational Health News Roundup
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Ordinarily, when a worker is abused by an employer, the employer can be prosecuted, found guilty, and penalized. That hasn’t been the case with diplomats accused of abusing domestic workers; their diplomatic immunity has allowed them to duck charges of beating domestic workers or keeping them in slavery-like conditions. But, Sarah Fitzpatrick writes in the [...]
