Category: Green Living & Circular Economy

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February 16, 2022

Mercedes AMG Going AMGEV!

“Mercedes’ AMG performance division is most famous for making hand-built gasoline engines, but times are changing and electric motors are the new thing” says Peter Valdes-Dapena. So ICE is out and EV’s are in?There are many models from the 2-door blue baby shown above (an EV conversion) or the crazy EQS all-electric below, ready to go.Peter continues with “With the Tesla Model S Plaid rocketing to highway speeds in two seconds, under ideal conditions, and automakers offering quick zero-emissions

February 16, 2022

Zeus, Arnie and EV’s!

Polestar made its Super Bowl debut with this Polestar 2 commercial that aimed to set the electric car newcomer apart from traditional car companies by taking a shot at the entire concept of flashy car commercials. And Arnold plays Zeus!The 30-second ad, titled “No Compromises” makes a litany of claims for Polestar, promising “No epic voiceovers,” “No empty promises,” and “No hidden agendas.” More pointed claims saw Polestar take a jab at Tesla CEO Elon Musk (“No conquering Mars,”) and Volkswagen

February 14, 2022

It’s Electric: EV’s in Nairobi!

It’s electric and it’s EV everywhere! Gas to electric conversions are being taught and shared to make the entire planet cleaner and Greener! Join Filip Gardler and Filip Lovstrom in this educational video! Opibus converts existing cars and other vehicles with internal combustion engines into electric vehicles – a far less wasteful green solution than manufacturing new electric cars. We caught up with Opibus Swedish co-founders Filip Gardler and Filip Lovstrom at their garage in the outskirts of

February 12, 2022

More Terms to Boost Your Climate Science IQ!

By Alfred Robert HoganTime for 10 more climate-related science terms to build and bolster your everyday conversations about the climate crisis! You can regularly practice with these and soon be easily using them with full confidence. Here are definitions to learn or re-learn, drawn from and adapted from various online sources:Adaptation – Human actions that respond to the climate crisis to minimize its effects on ecosystems and on humans (for example, as the climate warms, we might wear light-we

February 11, 2022

Redwood Recycle EV Batteries!

Tesla’s Co-Founder JB Straubel found Green gold in recycling electric vehicle batteries right here in the USA! And Dennis Palatov, Alex Carlin and TV host Betsy Rosenberg go for the ride to change history with Palatov Motorsport!Watch, learn and enjoy!

February 4, 2022

Folding EV’s, Containers & Green Ships!

The videos show saving space, energy and money are the goals of the recent “foldable” technology applied on EV’s to shipping containers with Santtu Seppälä. And Joan Michelson’s Electric Ladies Podcast hits the pavement and skies!In the first video, you can see how the car widens itself depending on use and area. In the second video, Staxxon saves tons of Green on multiple levels that will change the transport industry.Joan Michelson of Electric Ladies and her Green experts explain the future of

January 27, 2022

E-Bike Mobility in Business!

Imagine watching your business folding out right in front of your eyes! In the video, Thomas Longhi shows his mobile container-home bringing new life to downsizing with burnt wood, glue from cheese and other Green goodies! Coming from the hands of a Romanian tiny home manufacturer, Eco Tiny House, this mobile unit is actually a living, breathing business.If you’re unaware of the bicycle culture that’s unfurling in the Carpathian mountains, all I can say is that it’s getting big, really big. Heck

January 26, 2022

Boost Your Climate Vocabulary Confidence

By Alfred Robert Hogan As former US schoolteacher Etta Place archly explained to famed bank and train robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who had fled the Wild West into Spanish-language Bolivia circa 1898, yet remained shaky in their grasp of that second language: “Your line of work requires a specialized vocabulary.” And so it goes with we climate activists, who need to both readily understand and be able to easily convey aspects of the No. 1 climate crisis we face in our daily convers

January 26, 2022

Hemp for EV Batteries!

Henry Ford’s Model T used hemp bio-plastic and was powered by hemp biofuel. Clayton Turner’s research found that hemp batteries performed better than lithium-ion. As the video shows, hemp has deep roots and possibilities in the Green movement. Credits to Karen Justinson Rhodes and Lady Lacy! (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Better clothing, better food, better gadgets…is there anything hemp can’t do? Today, Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), one of the global leaders that has been on the foref

January 25, 2022

How to Reduce the Eco Impacts of Cell Phones

Photo from Re:Mobile New ZealandThe inside of a typical current cell smartphone.By Alfred Robert Hogan Cell telephones have become commonplace in the Global North, with for example perhaps 75 percent of people in the USA owing at least one, typically now advanced smartphones. Globally, as many as 5 billion people now own a cell phone. Even the futuristic STAR TREK Enterprise Captain James T. Kirk, Science Officer Mr. Spock, and their starship colleagues, who were to use handheld flip-style “comm

January 15, 2022

History of EVs—Part Two of Two: Clean, Quiet Cars Slowly Yet Surely Catch On Again–With Bumps

Screen-shot photo courtesy CBS NewsThis electric racing car speeds along a track in 1969.By Alfred Robert Hogan During the middle decades of the 20th century, electric cars remained oddly relegated to being novelty items. However, occasional pieces highlighted their potential. On the NBC Radio News monthly hour SECOND SUNDAY episode in March 1966 called “Year 2000,” anchor Chet Huntley said, “We can project the electronic revolution…experts tell us we will cluster more and more into cities, driv

January 4, 2022

$5 Trillion EV Oppty in Delaware!

Do you know an EV advocate to lead what expert Felix Kramer research cites as a $5 Trillion dollar industry in Biden’s home State of Delaware? There is a seat at the table for a person or team right now! The Biden bill is going to pass in some form and at the very least, Joe’s favorite electric vehicle industry has support from nearly all job advocates in every State. Especially Delaware where Joe, I and a team assembled the Fisker Karma people to head the electric vehicle market in Delaware on