Hydrogen as fuel has conquered cars and trucks – so where next for the plucky little gas? Trains, of course. In news that will doubtless have Benjamin Franklin spinning in his grave, hydrogen fuel cell trains could be about to replace trains that rely on electrified tracks, with several mining companies
Finland’s finest export since The Moomins, F1 driver Mika Hakkinen, Liverpool’s Sami Hyppia and Eurovision metal mentalists Lordi, – the world’s largest phone maker Nokia – has apparently come up with some nice new ways to save energy. Among them is a reminder to unplug your mobile once it’
The Sun is orange. No it’s true. Go see for yourself… Okay, Greenbang assumes that you’re now back at your computer, but having to use a speech programme because you are blind. Never look at the sun, silly. But it is orange. You probably remember seeing it the
Here’s a good thing. A group the size of Kraft, which turns over the GDP of Romania in a week or something, investing in wind power. And not only that, but wind power to the Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. The sporty businesslike Kraft family, you
Britain is plunging all sorts of cash into recycling. It’s like some sort of crazy green obsession. The government (and opposition) are making political mileage from talking about it. Increasingly people are said to be doing it. And Greenbang is all for it (whoop yeah). But it’s not
A fact that will astound no one but the Sultan of Brunei and Paris Hilton: some people out there are finding the prices of hybrid vehicles a little on the steep side. But it’s not hybrid cars makers getting a finger wagging from soccer moms down on the housekeeping
Yeee-har! Thar’s gold in them thar stretches of coastline! Apparently, the promise of future wealth from wave power is prompting Americans to stake their claim to bits of ocean front. Instead of the right to wade through a metre or two of dirt in the hope of finding a
You thought it was all about environmental technology, huh? Keep up granddad. Apparently now environmental chemistry is the Next Big Thing getting VCs (figuratively) priapic. News.com examines the phenomenon here and with a nice picture of a husky thrown in for good measure. From the article: The business case
Hydrogen was never one of Greenbang’s favourite gases. That honour would go to helium – the hilarity-generating, voice changing gas often found in kiddies’ balloons. But it might be time for a rethink. Science Daily is responsible for Greenbang’s radical mental repositioning this week with two hydrogen related stories.
Presidential also-ran and celebrity environmental doomsayer Al Gore is lending his Nobel Prize winning bulk to a green VC firm. Face-of-all-things-green Gore will take up a job at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers looking after their green tech. From The New York Times: Kleiner Perkins, based in Menlo
30 per cent of data managers have yet to implement a formal green policy. That’s, like, a third. Almost. Curse them all, but thanks to the good people of VNU we the people now know about it and can encourage the pesky men and women of the data centre
A new eco-friendly mode of transport could be the way China stops choking athletes next year at the Beijing Olympics. It could also be the way the country, growing quicker than a caterpillar on steroids, stops gassing the rest of the world too. Okay, a new type of bike probably
