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Hybrids and towing are two words that don’t usually go together in our common vernacular. I mean seriously, can you picture a Prius towing a boat? But it’s the 21 st century now, and automotive technology seems to advance about 10 years every 12 months.
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Hybrid Towing? 2011 Hybrids That Can Tow
Japan’s Ikata Nuclear Power Plant By J. Matthew Roney Nearly four weeks after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, emergency personnel are still struggling to stabilize the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Beyond the immediate need to minimize further radioactive leakage and protect public health, the government is beginning to reconsider its long-term plans for nuclear power expansion. International media coverage has typically assumed that Japan must expand its electricity generation from coal, oil, and natural gas if nuclear is no longer an option. But the leaders in Tokyo do not have to be restricted to just these choices. A review of Japan’s geothermal, wind, and solar energy potential shows that domestic renewable resources could easily power the world’s third-largest economy
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Time to Rethink Japan’s Energy Future
Green Trust is raffling off a 2 year supply of Survival Seeds, packed for 50 year storage. This 50 year long term storage seed kit contains a two year supply of heirloom, non-GMO seeds for at least six people. Experienced gardeners can produce healthy food for 10-12 people.
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50 Year Survival Seed Raffle benefits Clean Water for the Needy
by Christopher Mims. A group of truck fleet-owning companies that collectively owns 275,000 vehicles is scheduled to get a gold star from the president today, as part of the administration’s Clean Fleets Initiative. FedEx, UPS, AT&T, PepsiCo, and Verizon are the charter members of a group that is pledging to reduce its collective petroleum consumption by more than 7 million gallons a year
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Obama to encourage America’s truck companies to do thing they were already planning to do