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December 2007

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Merry Christmas

Greenbang is chilling out on the sofa this Christmas Eve and just wants to thank EVERYONE who has read and/or helped the blog this year. A massive Merry Christmas to you all, and here’s to a top 2008.
Low Carbon Accelerator invests £900,000 in RLtec thumbnail

Low Carbon Accelerator invests £900,000 in RLtec

Low Carbon Accelerator, which is a company although the name doesn’t really indicate that, has invested a further £900,000 in ResponsiveLoad Limited. RLtec develops
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Pubs go carbon neutral

Word reaches Greenbang of new methods pubs are using to making drinking guilt-free. And no, it’s not by banning you from texting your
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Plants that grow plastic

Given a chance to splicing some genes, Greenbang would like to mix up nature to produce a gigantic kickass penguin, which would act
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Check your emissions on your mobile

If Santa’s brought you shiny new a mobile phone this Christmas, why not have fun this holiday season by studying your own greenhouse
A real Tesla motor thumbnail

A real Tesla motor

This one’s a bit old, but is essentially what you’ll get if you can part with $100,000. They’ve apparently got some problems with the transmission in this though. So let’s hope it’s all sorted by April next year…
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Tesla interior

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Shiny Tesla shot

It was a bit gutting that all the prototypes were in repair as it meant there was nothing for us to test drive. That was a bit of a blow, really, after we’d travelled all that way. But this car was the shiniest of the bunch.
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More Tesla plug shots…

Plug this into the wall for a really good ride…
Pic: Tesla charges on… thumbnail

Pic: Tesla charges on…

This is the Tesla – charging away in its development garage. The charge takes three hours. But don’t forget that lithium batteries, which Teslas run on, become more inefficient as they get older.

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