Archive for June, 2008

Do Biofuels Fuel Poverty?

June 30th, 2008  |  by gardengrrrl  |  published in energy, news, transportation

BBC News reports that according to Oxfam Biofuel use ‘increasing poverty’.
“Biofuel use ‘increasing poverty’
A palm oil plantation in Ivory Coast
Palm oil is one of the biofuel crops stirring controversy
The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency report says.
Oxfam says so-called green policies in [...]

From Clean Technica: Eco-Faucet saves Energy with Every Use

June 25th, 2008  |  by gardengrrrl  |  published in products

Carol over at CleanTechnica found this amazing automatic faucet that recharges itself via a tiny turbine. Check out her description and the diagram: “EcoPower Faucet Saves Energy by Recharging with Each Use”. I’m not a big fan of automatic faucets. They make me feel like the faucet gods are laughing at me as I wave [...]


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