Car Blows in the Wind
No April Fools joke here, a car powered primarily by wind and kites has made it across a vast swathe of Australia, enduring searing heat and freezing cold along the way — and all for roughly $10 Australian. The more than 5,000 km (3,100 mile) journey of the “Wind Explorer”…
Time to Junk that Car
When your car looks like this it is time to search for a junk car dealer in your area!
Share a Drink with your Fishy
Great idea for water conservation and pretty cute but I still don’t want to drink filtered fish water. As you use water from the tap to wash your hands (you always remember to wash your hands, right?) the water in the fish’s bowl goes down, reminding you not to be…
Car with No Driver Ready for Testing
Sort of like the headless horseman where a team of Italian engineers on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the longest-ever test drive of driverless vehicles: an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China, not in search of silk, but to test the limits of future automotive technology….
Learning Recycling in Richmond
Men wearing T-shirts and jeans quietly went about their work at Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp. on a recent sunny afternoon. Inside the processing plant, just past a cardboard box full of tiny, plastic pieces from shredded milk jugs, four guys pulled the wrapping off black rubber gloves that Marines use…
The Onion Asks Mother Nature to Chip in on Going Green!
This one over at theonion.com is a real hit with us green lean’in folks! WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called a press conference Monday to publicly denounce the environment for blatantly refusing to pull its weight in mankind’s ongoing efforts at ecological conservation. “For 40 years, we have worked tirelessly…
April Fools Jokes of the Past
Personalized Tires (2003) Dunlop Tires announced the availability of a new product: personalized tire treads: “‘For hundreds of years people have been monogramming their clothes, and there’s certainly no shortage of personalized license plates, so why shouldn’t they be able to add a personal touch to their tires too?’ said…
New Junk Car Site Rumors a Buzz
We have heard there will be a new player in the Junk Car market in the USA and Canada – the buzz is that this one will have a nice ‘green’ spin to it and that is good news for everyone that cares about the planet!!! Not much info right…
Weird Car Covered in Recycled Circuit Boards
This computer geek decided it would be really cool to cover his car in recycled circuit boards, it is right?