Archive for the 'Going Green And Environmental Issues' Category

Virgin Atlantic’s Coconut Powered 747 Completes First Flight

Technorati Tags: biofuel,richard branson,RichardBranson,virgin,virgin atlantic,VirginAtlantic,747 Virgin Atlantic completed its 747 flight from London to Amsterdam using biofuel, of which 150,000 coconuts added up to 20% of the jet fuel. As had been anticipated, the joint trial by Boeing and Virgin on Sunday saw a jumbo jet take to the sky partially running on so-called “first [...]

Street Lights Powered By Human Waste

“A bio-gas plant in an Indian town generates 3,000 watts of electricity a day—from human waste” National Geographic Video about an Indian Housing Comlex that powers their street lights with their waste… and apparently, it’s odourless too! via AfricanLoft.com Bookmark to: Hide Sites $$(‘div.d2187′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });

Fabulous Garden Offices

When you’re working at home, it goes without saying that you need an office, a room or some space where all the work gets done. Some of the “home offices” I’ve seen are just a disgrace really and just leave me wondering how some people would ever get any work done. I guess that comes [...]

DIY Biodiesel From Cooking Oil

Technorati tags: bio, diesel, green, fuel, diy, processor, gadget I’ve come across several manuals and tutorials on the Internet showing you how to make bio diesel from cooking oil. I doubt I would ever attempt this unless I had this little home bio fuel processor. With FuelPod2 you can dump in your leftover cooking oils [...]