I recently caught this interesting story on NPR, and thought I should share.

 'Here's a quiz. Which saves more gas: trading in a 16-mile-a-gallon gas guzzler for a slightly more efficient car that gets 20 mpg? Or going from a gas-sipping sedan of 34-mpg to a hybrid that gets 50 mpg?

If you guessed the second choice, you're wrong.

Even a small improvement in gas guzzlers saves more gas than a big improvement in cars that already save. But cars aren't advertised that way in the U.S.

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Mich. Senate votes to make state government use green energy

Associated Press - March 27, 2008 11:34 AM ET

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Senate has voted to require that state government use more green energy, but the mandate isn't being extended to residents and businesses.

A bill approved unanimously Thursday would require that 10% of electricity in state buildings come from renewable sources by 2010. The standard would rise to 25% by 2025.

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Boston Wants to Harness Composting Energy

by Curt Nickisch

Boston is planning a unique composting center that would help with some of the city's energy needs.

A proposed multimillion-dollar indoor urban composting facility would capture methane gas that rotting leaves give off and burn it to generate electricity for 1,500 homes, as well as to run on-site, year-round greenhouses. The city has not pinpointed a location for the indoor center, but it would be within city limits.

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X-Prize Foundation to award $10 million in competition to build 100-mpg cars

By DEE-ANN DURBIN

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The X Prize Foundation, known for its competitions promoting spaceflight, is offering $10 million to teams that can build production-ready, consumer-friendly cars that get 100 miles per gallon or more.

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 Hair and mushrooms create a recipe for cleaning up oily beaches 

by Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer

A group of guerrilla volunteers is cleaning oil from San Francisco's beaches using an unorthodox, albeit totally organic, method: human hair and mushrooms.

Using mats made of hair, they are absorbing the droplets of oil that have washed ashore since a cargo ship rammed the base of a Bay Bridge tower last week, spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel.

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from http://www.technoride.com/2008/03/bmw_diesel_beats_prius_in_econ.php

Is this a case of man bites dog? A mid-size BMW sedan equipped with a diesel engine returned better fuel economy on a 545-mile, London-to-Geneva, run than a gasoline-powered Toyota Prius. A BMW 520d with a 2.0-liter diesel engine and regenerative braking (but no heavy duty hybrid features) got 41.9 mpg while the full-hybrid Prius, 500 pounds lighter, got 40.1 mpg.

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I came across this article, and thought I would share the news with an interested community. 

Coming Soon from VW: A 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid

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I would like to apologize in advance for this post. I just have to get this off my chest.

There is something about Hybrid cars that makes me a little more cynical than usual.

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I came across this article that I found very intriguing, and thought I’d share this with the rest of you!

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I came across this article at brownfieldnetwork.com, and thought I would share. It is always nice to see national companies taking the leap towards a greener future, through eco-friendly business practices!

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I came across this article in the local newspaper. I think it truly is an idea “whose time has come”. What do you guys think? Is this something you would support in you community? Or do you think this is taking it too far?

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