by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 23, 2008 | Canada, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Oil, Ontario, Public Transit, Technology, Toronto, USA, World
Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament manufacturers. “It’s a daily embarrassment,” said Ian Clifford, president of Zenn Motor...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 30, 2008 | Technology
Biosolar’s a toddler chronologically, just turned two years old in April. But they’re already publicly traded and they could stand tall in the expanding field of photovolataics, making electricity from the sun. The firm is based in Santa Clarita in Southern...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 1, 2008 | Canada, Uncategorized, World
As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water. read more | digg story
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 27, 2007 | GTA Environment, Technology
A start-up in Texas says it can turn the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants into baking soda. Some scientists have proposed compressing carbon dioxide and sticking it in underground caves as a way to cut down on greenhouse gases. Joe David Jones wants to make...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 23, 2007 | World
Crude prices have fallen from their record levels. Apparently the wise folk on Wall Street now think Turkey will not attack ther Kurdish area of Iraq. Still, crude prices are in the $85 range and many renewable energy prodeucers think they can compete as long as oil...