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"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." Biodiesel from algae offers unlimited fuel with zero greenhouse gasses. Automotive X Prize seeks 100-mpg car. Volkswagen concept car gets 317 mpg. New automotive technologies coming 1, 2. "Among the companies that have announced programs for using ultracapacitors in vehicle powertrains include such big names as BMW, VW, Audi, Honda, Nissan and Toyota, along with many others, some still at concept stage and others ready to go into production."
"In-wheel" electric drivetrain. Electric car drives around the world. Watch the videos. Electric cars with swappable batteries. Automobile emissions and urban air pollutants contain a great variety of known carcinogens. - Epstein, page 26 Every gallon of gas you burn releases 21 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. Every liter of gas you burn releases 2.5 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere. Average CO2 produced per year: CO2 is a "greenhouse" gas and is contributing to planetary warming. Atmospheric CO2 is now higher than it has been for the past 60 million years. Global-Warming Gases Set to Rise 57 Percent by 2030 - IEA Predictions of climate change may be absurdly optimistic. 1, 2. Global warming happening faster. 1, 2. Increased atmospheric CO2 is making the oceans more acidic. 1, 2. The oceans are heating up. Increased heat and acidity in the oceans is damaging the phytoplankton at the basis of the oceans’ food web, putting the entire biosphere in jeopardy. Arctic ice is melting quickly. Record loss in 2007. 1, 2, 3. Antarctic ice melt accelerating. 1, 2.
| Gas-electric hybrid cars can significantly reduce urban air pollution. Follow the example of environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki and make your next car a gas-electric hybrid!Toyota Prius -- World's First Production Hybrid Vehicle -- Makes North American Debut Orlando, Florida - Dec. 11, 1997 - Toyota Motor Sales showed the Prius hybrid electric vehicle for the first time in North America during a press conference held here today in conjunction with EVS-14, the largest alternative-fuel vehicle show in the world.
The highlight of the Prius is the THS, incorporating the technologies of a clean- burning, high-efficiency internal combustion (IC) engine with a silent and efficient electric vehicle (EV) power system. By using a newly developed advanced transmission and precision power and engine management controls, Toyota has developed a vehicle that bridges both IC and EV systems, combining the best of each. In testing in Japan, Prius delivered fuel economy of 66 mpg and emission reductions of 50% for carbon dioxide and 90% for carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide. Learn more about the Prius: http://www.toyota.com/prius/ Learn how hybrid cars work: http://www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm US Environmental Protection Agency 2010 list of most fuel efficient cars http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/overall-high.htm
The average new vehicle sold in the United States gets 20 miles per gallon. The average SUV gets 17 miles per gallon. In Europe, automakers have agreed to voluntary increases in fuel-economy standards that in 2008 will lift the average to 44.2 miles per gallon. Toyota plans to make all of its cars hybrids by 2012. Company cars for Walmart Canada managers are hybrids. All new cars leased by the government of British Columbia are hybrids.
*** Electric Vehicles Available Now
Electric Cars Tesla Motors offers a two seat sports car with 200 miles per charge and a top speed of 130 miles per hour. Price is approximately $92,500. Hybrid Technologies is an American company that is re-equipping a variety of standard vehicles with an electric motor and lithium ion batteries. These include electric versions of the Smart Car, PT Cruiser, Mini Cooper, Chrysler Crossfire, motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, and more. These electric cars are capable of highway speeds and driving distances in excess of 100 miles. Hybrid Technologies is looking for distributors nation-wide. Meyers NMG is a 3 wheel vehicle that seats one person, it can reach a top speed of 70 - 75 mph and travel 30 miles on a charge. Costs $24,900. Commutercar Tango can reach 130 miles per hour and has an 80 mile range. Price ranges from $18,700 to $108,000.
Low Speed Vehicles (LSV) / Neighborhood Electric Vehicles The Zero Emission No Noise (ZENN) neighborhood electric vehicle is now in production. Made in Quebec, Canada, the ZENN retails for about US$12,750. The ZENN can travel 35 miles at 25 miles per hour. Watch the videos at http://www.zenncars.com. Left hand and right hand drive models are available. Dynasty company's IT neighborhood electric vehicle is made in British Columbia, Canada. The IT retails for about US$19,000. The IT can travel 30 miles at 25 miles per hour. The cost to give the batteries a full charge is about 50 cents. See http://www.itiselectric.com/. REVA electric car is made in India and is presently available in 12 countries. It offers about 40 miles per charge and a top speed of about 40 mph. Sold in the UK under the name of G-Wiz at a cost of £6,999. Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) is a division of Daimler Chrysler. The GEM car offers a 30 mile range and a top speed of 25 mph. ZAP Xebra is a three wheeled electric vehicle that offers a 25 mile range at speeds of up to 40 mph. Price is about $10,500. Venturi Fetish has a range of 50 km at a speed of 50 km/hr. Batteries are charged by onboard solar cells which can provide 7 km per day of travel. A wind turbine can be connected to the car and can provide power for an additional 15 km of travel. When plugged in, a full charge takes 5 hours. Price is 24,000 Euros. *** Mass market all-electric cars starting 2010. Michael Taylor, The San Francisco Chronicle: "The all-electric car, which had a brief heyday less than a decade ago and then went the way of the dodo, killed off by the car companies, is about to make a comeback. These silent electric autos will be plugged into home outlets at night and during the day will be able to travel 100 miles or more without stopping for a charge. Nissan said recently it has developed a mass-market electric car, due out by the end of next year, that will seat five and can have its battery charged to 80 percent of capacity in 26 minutes." *** Compressed Air Car The Air Car being developed by Guy Nègre in France has a range of 200 - 300 km (124 miles) and a top speed of 110 km/h (68 mph). The cost of electricity to run the compressor to fill the tank with compressed air is about $2. The vehicle produces zero pollution. The compressed air car seats 5 people and will be available in a variety of formats including sedan, van, taxi, and pick-up. Maximum load is 500 KG. A public transportation (bus) version is also in development. To refill the compressed air tank takes two to three minutes at an "air station", or 3 to 4 hours using the built-in compressor and plugged into a source of electricity to run the compressor. The engine requires no cooling system because the compressed air fuel is at ambient temperature. Since there is no "controlled explosion" as happens in gasoline engines, the compressed air engine can be made from light weight aluminum. The total weight of the vehicle is 750 KG. Prototypes of the vehicle have been made and tested. A modular turnkey factory has been designed. Production licenses have been sold for many countries around the world including U.S.A., France, Mexico, India, and South Africa. Development of the car is being financed through sale of production licenses. The technology is protected by more than 30 patents. The Air Car will be marketed as a low cost city car. The first cars are expected to be sold in 2005 for a price in the range of $8,000 - $10,000 for the basic vehicle. The company has a compression system available for sale to filling stations. In the future, compressed air and this new engine technology may be used to store energy and generate electricity for home use. There is also a marine version being developed. Learn about the compressed air car at http://www.mdi.lu/index.php and http://www.importautoparts.com/compressed_air_cars.html. This technology has recently been licensed by Tata Motors of India. Here is an air engine developed in Australia. A small island nation such as Bermuda has few roads and a low speed limit. A vehicle such as the Air Car seems perfect. Each home could have solar cells powering a small compressor to fill a compressed air tank. This compressed air would then be used to provide a quick refill to the vehicle. No more imported gasoline! This vehicle should have a very long useful life.
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AlkalizeForHealth Earth's ice cover is melting at an astonishing rate. - Worldwatch Institute Global warming is now unavoidable. The melting of glaciers around the world is accelerating. 1, 2, 3. 12 of the past 13 years were the warmest since records began. 2005 was the hottest year on record. The Greenland ice sheet is now melting at twice the rate of 5 years ago. Coming soon to a theatre near you: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Avoiding dangerous
climate change requires very deep cuts in Gore calls for 90% reduction in CO2. Scientists call for zero CO2 emissions. The challenge for each nation, state, city, company and individual is to reduce personal greenhouse gas emissions to zero. Become "carbon neutral" or even "carbon negative". The arctic and antarctic ice caps are melting. These ice caps help keep the earth cool by reflecting sunlight back into space. Without the icecaps, global warming will accelerate. The melting of the Siberian tundra is a "tipping point" for global warming, because the permafrost which has been frozen for the last 11,000 years is releasing hundreds of millions of tons of methane. Methane is 20 times worse than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. 1, 2. Feedback loops such as the melting of the ice caps and release of methane could create runaway global warming beyond human expectations or control. A similar event happened 251 million years ago, resulting in the extinction of 95% of all species. Global warming is disrupting ocean currents. The North Atlantic Current which helps keep Europe warm has weakened by a third in the past decade. The result may be a cooler Europe and hotter water in the tropics, resulting in more intense hurricanes. Watch the movie Day After Tomorrow. Ice age sea level was 400 feet (125 meters) below present day sea level. If all the remaining ice melts, sea levels could rise as much as 260 feet (80 meters). The water in the ocean will expand as it warms up ("thermal expansion of sea water"), raising sea levels an additional 50% beyond what melting ice will do. One third of the land mass of the planet may be desert by 2100. Spirulena is highly nutritious, does not require topsoil, and grows well in deserts. Brown clouds reduce sunlight 25%, threaten global food supplies. A secret Pentagon study warns of possible imminent catastrophic climate change with significant national security implications. Read about Iceland's progress towards becoming the world's first hydrogen economy. The world's first hydrogen filling station for cars and buses was shipped from Fredrikstad, Norway, to Reykjavik, Iceland March 2003.
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Another possible fuel for vehicles is ammonia (NH3) which has a higher energy density than liquid hydrogen. Ammonia today is generally made from natural gas and is used mostly in fertilizers. However, ammonia can also be made by combining nitrogen from the air with hydrogen from water. "Solid state ammonia production" offers the potential for cost effective creation of ammonia from these non-hydrocarbon sources. Ammonia and hydrogen are the only two fuels that do not contain carbon and therefore do not produce carbon dioxide when burned.
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AlkalizeForHealth Cyclists' motto World Car Free Days Collaborative For the average car, maximize your gas mileage by keeping your car tuned, and maintain proper air pressure in your tires. Calculate the solar energy available at your location worldwide. Solar energy in Canada. Smart powerbars can switch off phantom loads. Thorium fueled nuclear reactors are less expensive, will not melt down, produce less radioactive waste, and do not produce weapons grade material. Polywell fusion technology is also worth trying. The cost to set up a demonstration reactor is minimal. If we are a contributor to our planetary demise, then cancer or other diseases may be the interest on our investment. - Bethany Argisle
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"The paleoclimate
record also shows that climate doesn't necessarily change slowly over hundreds
or thousands of years. In some cases, major increases or decreases in
precipitation and/or temperature can occur in periods less than a decade."
The Greenland ice sheet contains 2.6 million cubic kilometers of ice. The Antarctic ice sheet contains about 26 million cubic kilometers of ice, which is 87% of the world's ice. Total ice on the planet is about 30 million cubic kilometers. U.S. fossil-fuel related emissions were 5.88 billion metric tons in 2006.
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