There’s a group of organisms called extremophiles, ones that have evolved to cope with conditions under which most organisms would simply curl up and die. The organisms often have great applications, for example, enzymes taken from bacteria found in geysers has enabled the sequencing of the human genome. Another
Jeremy Leggett – a very wise chap – was quoted in the Times saying that if, as the Russians ‘predict’ (or encourage), the price of oil shoots up to $250 a barrel, solar energy will become a much more viable option. “It’s now inevitable, and I used the word advisedly, that
The American car industry hasn’t always been known for its green credentials. According to the IHT General Motors, the owners of Vauxhall, Hummer, Saab and Cadillac is to get the world’s largest rooftop solar array. The 2 million square foot, 12 megawatt array will be on its Zaragoza
If you’re a start-up company in the clean-tech or sustainable business space, we want to hear from you today. That’s because we’re running a report on the UK’s top 30 clean-tech and sustainable business start-up companies. Email – top30@theglobalview.com if you’re keen. Here’s
This is off topic for Greenbang, but interesting nevertheless…It just landed in the inbox as is. “The British Lung Foundation is urging Olympic organisers in Beijing to implement emergency air-quality measures to reduce harmful emissions, following the news from the BBC that just a month before the start of
Putting solar panels onto a production car was an obvious move to take, particularly if it’s a production car that highlights its batteries as a main sales feature. That said, it’s taken a long time coming and it is still only a rumour that the Prius will be
Picarro does this: “Picarro’s ultra-trace gas analyzers are designed to maximize the advantages of Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy (CRDS), delivering ppt to ppb sensitivity at high speed and without interference to meet the requirements of the most demanding applications. “The ultra-trace gas analyzer is a flexible product platform enabling a
One of the top posts on Greenbang over the past few months has been Ian Houston’s carbon capture for cars which is capable of reducing a Land Rover’s emissions below the free road tax level of 99g CO2 per km. It seems he may have a fight on
Greenbang is in pieces after a heavy night on the tiles of London town last night. It’s very lonely at Greenbang Towers on Oxford St today as people have disappeared on holiday and gone off sick. And this morning, there just happens to be a whole feast of news
Greenbang is starting to get very excited about the Olympics. It’s now less than a month until the world’s athletes head to the Beijing smog. She had been afraid that the pollution might have made the times too slow and that several more athletes would boycott the event
How many people from the world of Formula 1 can you name? Greenbang is guessing Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and possibly Max Moseley (now) feature in the list. Aside from these it will probably be rare that you’ll know many engineers. Gordon Murray designed the 1988 McLaren MP4/4
