Racing for the sun
Let the sun help you up those hills.

There are a number of bike designs which incorporate a solar powered motor – see links below.

Another option is the pedal-charged battery, which powers the motor which powers the bike.

Check out these sites:
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Consider this

Q: What links Spain with New York’s Mohawk River Valley, 240km-long, beginning just west of the state capital, Albany? A: They have both seen a sudden rush in eco-developments.

Safflyn Corporation is planning a $53m housing project with 100 solar and wind-powered homes surrounded by athletics fields, walking trails, a golf course and driving range.

Manhattan-based Caledonia Advisors picked urban Utica on the Upper Mohawk, 370km north-west of New York City.
>>Keep reading “Eco second homes”

Protest against attack
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A bombing attack on the offices of the Philippines off-grid energy authority has been laid at the door of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
>>Keep reading “MILF denies attack”

Well, a very nice reader left a comment on my blog, he gave me a website that has a water filter/purifier that can be made at home it’ s easy, no difficult instructions, no impossible parts to purchase, it is a very simple system using only 4 parts, yes, 4 parts! I’ll post …
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DIY Biodiesel kit
There is a booming cottage industry of people making their own biodiesel from waste cooking oil. With the help of special equipment and the addition of a several chemicals, anyone can do it. Lower down this story we tell you exactly how to make it.

Remember – it only works in Diesel vehicles.
>>Keep reading “Making homebrew diesel”

Here are some pix I’ve taken in the last few days.

Coming back from town, this is a very scenic drive.

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>>Keep reading “Pix For You”

Air powered car
Tata, India’s largest automaker has started production on the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets in August of 2008. The move is to be welcomed because threatens the hegemony of big oil companies and oil producing nations. It may also do something to reduce pollution in big cities. The US will see an air car next year if the Scuderi Group in Massachusetts is successful. It has raised about $15 million from friends and family and is pushing ahead “in spite of being laughed at by large investment banks at first,” said President Sal Scuderi.

“Here’s a tiny firm saying we’re going to change the internal combustion engine,” he said. “After positive evaluation reports there are many less skeptics now;
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Rx red pepper
You probably already use these ingredients in your home,but they can do more than just making meals tastier. Here are some common foods that do double duty as effective herbal treatments with impressive health benefits.

Fits in nicely with the organic gardening tips and recipes in the book, Grow Your Own Pharmacy.
>>Keep reading “12 Herbs that Act Like Medicines”

I want one of these
The New York Times features a collectors item – a 1950s car designed for outdoor sporty types to sleep in. The journalist spent the night in an antique S.U.V. — a Nash Airflyte, or ”Bathtub Nash” to the initiated.

In the early 1950s it was the vehicle of choice for outdoorsmen, with seats that turned into a reasonably comfortable double bed.

“And,” says the Times –“ it was among the first vehicles to pose this question: Why bother buying a second home, when you can set one on four wheels and take it with you wherever you go?
>>Keep reading “Car designed for sleeping”