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  Enertia Electric Motorcycle

  04.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Enertia Electric Motorcycle

  Photo Credit: Enertia Another electric motorcycle that has come to our attention is the Enertia, a 280lb vehicle with a range of 45 miles on a single charge. It’s estimated to cost around $0.01 per mile to operate in electric cost and if used 100% for commuting can reduce green house gas emission by an […]

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  One Hot Bike

  03.31.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on One Hot Bike

  Scotts Valley, California based Zero Motorcycles is now shipping an all-electric 250cc equivalent motorcycle for a list price of $7,450 complete. These nifty little bikes are available in on- and off-road configurations and really fly (check out the videos hosted at their website.) The standard configuration has a duration of 2 hours and/or range of […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  SkySails takes Flight

  03.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on SkySails takes Flight

  Maiden Voyage of SkySailPhoto Credit: SkySail In December, 2006, Return to the Age of Sail, we first reported on SkySails. The concept is simple, use an enormous kite-sail in conjunction with conventional propulsion to reduce the fuel requirement for cargo ships. Rather than investing in masts and extensive rigging, the SkySails approach is to fly […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Fetching Future

  03.22.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Fetching Future

  Pet Operated Ball ThrowerImage Credit: Patently Silly If you have a dog that likes to fetch, then you’re going to love the video above. YouTube user Lamgngo posted this video in January and no doubt, Jerry the dog and his son have been having fun since. I smell a patent…Speaking of which, there is this […]

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  Exploding Wind Turbine

  03.21.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  These things cost upwards of $5M and can stand as tall as 400 feet. It’s amazing that they’ve caught the failure on video, clearly there is a wind turbine problem to be solved as this failure is number 36…

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