The Carbon Blog
27 June 2008
Eco Open Houses 28-29th June and 5-6th July 2008
Venue: Brighton & Hove
During the weekends of 28-29 June and 5-6 July 2008 people will be able to visit eco-houses in Brighton & Hove who will be opening their doors to the public.
www.ecoopenhouses.org/
27 June 2008
Use the pedals for some of the time – this will save battery power
Make sure the tyres are fully inflated to the correct pressure and that the throttle and brakes work properly.
27 June 2008
This book is three things in one: it is an engaging biography of leading climate scientist Wallace Broecker, Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, by popular sicence writer Robert Kunzig of Discover magazine, and voyage of discovery through the history of climate science; finally it is an analysis of how we could remove CO2 from the atmosphere by extracting it, particularly featuring the researches of Klaus Lackner (see Air Scrubber Invented article in this Carbon News).
27 June 2008
An ambitious project to place a barrage across the Severn river, which potentially could generate 5% of the UK's electricity, has come under sustained criticism in a report published of 12 th June by consultancy Frontier Economics for a coalition of green groups.
27 June 2008
Carbon Managers, publishers of Carbon News, have pledged to fund 20,000 trees in the beautiful Alladale Wilderness Lodge and Reserve in the Northern Highlands of Scotland, under its corporate tree planting programme ‘Trees 4 Business'.
Alladale is a pioneering nature project spanning 23,000 acres. The Scottish Highlands are considered one of Europe's last great areas of wilderness, yet much of the flora and fauna that once thrived there has been driven to extinction by the activities of man. Alladale Wilderness Reserve plan is to restore this remote area of the Highlands to its former natural glory.
27 June 2008
Adnams Brewery has launched East Green, the UK's first carbon neutral beer. Produced in its eco-efficient brewery in Southwold, Adnams' innovative new brew is distributed nationwide by Tesco.
27 June 2008
A Columbia University physicist, Klaus Lackner, claims to have invented a device which will remove CO2 from the air, so that it can be stored – sequestered – away, helping to reduce the likelihood of devastating climate change. In a further development some people have suggested that the CO2 thus removed should be used to make biofuels from algae, which need CO2 to procreate.
27 June 2008
Tired of pedalling uphill? Why not have an electric motor do the work for you? Electric bicycles have had a greater market penetration than electric cars, probably because they are cheaper and recharging at home is easier.
In recent years many have come onto the market, and there is even an electrically powered super scooter, which outperforms petrol engined competitiors!
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