Greenbang has been thinking up oxymorons this morning. Military intelligence has topped the list. But coming a close second is green America. China may have overtaken the country last year to become the biggest CO2 emitter but it is still in second place. This may change as Obama or McCain
It may have been directed by the man behind Pearl Harbour and had more eBay mentions than eBay’s own website but Transformers The Movie was still really quite spectacular. It has also inspired an English student studying at Montclair State University, New Jersey. Well, either the movie or a
Greenbang’s Rowan Horncastle attended Nissan’s FCV launch at Imperial College last week. If you’ve ever wondered how a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle works Nissan’s Jerry Hardcastle explains in this video.
Since the age of five, when Greenbang walked downstairs to discover Santa had left a Raleigh Striker, she has loved her bikes. Within the last week she has bought a brand new road bike and is already in the process of naming her. Sadly, the new bike is a replacement
With just 16 days to go until the 2008 Olympic Games begin Greenbang’s Beijing reporter, Yan Yan, takes a look at local reaction to the city’s attempt at reducing the smog and pollution. “I took bus to go to work today.” One of my colleagues who usually drove
By D. Lorenz The London Array – the world’s biggest planned offshore wind farm – was put back on track yesterday after Germany’s E.ON and Dong Energy of Denmark agreed to buy Shell’s 33 per cent stake in the scheme. The companies already owned a third each, and
Tonight Channel 4 News will be revealing the locations of 30 new landfill waste incinerators. We were contacted earlier today by the British network TV channel with the following embargoed announcement. The Channel 4 release follows: 30 NEW WASTE INCINERATORS INSTEAD OF LANDFILL Councils – under pressure from EU to reduce
Greenbang has read reviews of the US postal service in Bill Bryson’s Notes From A Big Country. It didn’t fare well, but the huge organisation did give out cookies in a customer appreciation day, so it’s not all bad. Greenbang is trying to cut down on buscuits
It’s a problem that Greenbang has mentioned before. How do you store the vast quantities of electricity being produced if it’s not being used? A coal power station can generally make a guess at the amount of energy needed and adjust accordingly but renewable power sources simply don’
You may have guessed but Greenbang has a touch of the hippy about her. She recycles everything she can and has been known to rummage about in her rubbish after her flatmate has thrown a piece of recyclable plastic. She detests the idea of landfill. And this has heightened since
Greenbang doesn’t get excited very much anymore. He stayed up once too often on Christmas Eve waiting for Santa Clause but never saw him. The experience has slightly jaded his view on life in fact. As such, he has always been a bit dubious of events in the calendar.
