Cool Green Car Show
John Jeide was having a great time sharing information about the green pickle car with visitors to the Green Car Show. Jeide, of Saint Charles, was one of the representatives from Pioneer Conversions, a company specializing in selling components for electric cars and converting gas-powered vehicles to electric power. The…
Green Luxury Car Sales Ready to Explode?
Not quite yet but maybe soon? In May, Mercedes sold 51 hybrid cars in the United States, he says, while BMW sold 20 and Porsche sold 114. Mercedes, Porsche and BMW — brands that are synonymous with affluence — are producing vehicles that use electricity, ethanol and even hydrogen. The…
GACR Trims Losses
Green Automotive Company Corporation (OTC:GACR) yesterday released its Financial Statements and Statement of Operations for the Company’s 1st Quarter ended March 31, 2011 together with its quarterly updated discussion of its operations. According to information posted this morning on www.otcmarkets.com the Company reported a loss of $202,952 for the quarter…
A Closer Look at Reusable Bags
Robin Shreeves wrote a nice article on reusable bags so I thought I would post an excerpt here for our readers. As we accumulate more reusable bags, many of them go unused. Reusable bags are creating their own environmental problems. What’s the answer? Over the weekend, we took a minivan…
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”…
Stapleless Stapler
Great idea! Staples are supposed to be so bad to the environment that a company decided to create a staple-free stapler. This product promises to make collation eco-friendly. Instead of using those thin metal planet-killers, the staple-free stapler “cuts out tiny strips of paper and uses the strips to stitch…
Organic Car Parts is the Future
It is great to see green work moving into high gear in the automotive industry. David Moye writes a great article on scientists who are trying to find more sustainable ways to build car parts believe the answers may be found in things such as mushroom roots. The newest episode…
Green Auto Parts Video
I just watched a really great video from OARA (Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association) and thought I would share it with you. The auto recycling industry is such an important part of building a greener earth!
Trash Can Save Your Life
Back in Sept. a New York man was saved from certain death after jumping from a 40th floor building only to land in the back seat of a car. And now a man who jumped out of a ninth-floor window in New York was alive on Monday after he landed…