Archive for July 26th, 2007
Surprise! Hybrids Do Save Gas. A Lot of Gas.

The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory says hybrids have saved 230 million gallons of fuel since being introduced to the market.

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Toyota Unveils Plug in Prius

“Today Toyota joined almost every other major car company who had already unveiled plans for producing cars that run on energy supplied by the electric grid. Announcing the official plug-in Prius based on the most popular hybrid vehicle to date…”

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Brilliant Idea: The Greenbox Captures Car Exhaust Gasses…

By Michael Szabo

QUEENSFERRY (Reuters) - The world’s richest corporations and finest minds spend billions trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions, but three fishing buddies in North Wales believe they have cracked it.

They have developed a box which they say can be fixed underneath a car in place of the exhaust to trap the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming — including carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide — and emit mostly water vapor.

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ADHD Drug Does Stunt Growth

After three years on the ADHD drug Ritalin, kids are about an inch shorter and 4.4 pounds lighter than their peers, a major U.S. study shows.

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