The largest purchaser of green power
There are many reasons for using green power, saving money and looking after the planet are the main ones. However, for business, the reasons are different, although there is the element of cost involved their choices, reducing their carbon footprint is an important factor.
In the US green power is a hot topic and even during [...]
High St cleaner finds cash
Imagine this, a street cleaner going about his daily business, maybe he was working in the high st, checking out all of the bargains in the store windows, when he reaches one of the litter bins that he has to empty this is a normal day for him up until this point.
This is because after [...]
Germany demand a million electric vehicles
The German government are planning to have over a million plug in hybrid and electric cars on their roads within eleven years; it was announced at the Future of Electric Transportation conference.
The plan will mean huge investment in the areas of battery development, an infrastructure to cope with the increase in electric cars and the [...]
Early MacBook goes on sale
There is one thing about the online auction site eBay and that is you can buy almost anything on it, but one unusual item has appeared for sale, an Apple MacBook Air prototype, listed on the auction under the guide condition of “As is” it was eventually sold for $730.
But this equipment was only ever [...]
Just how much ink is left in the cartridge?
Anyone who has a printer be it at home or in a small business have all experienced the message that say you are running low on ink. So faced with this warning what do people do?
Some get out those new cartridges and throw the old ones away, while there are those who do not have [...]
Second-hand stores increase sales
It seems that the credit crunch is having an effect on the High St, but probably not in the way that most people would think. Charity shops, which have been for a long time the haven of the less wealthy people as a source of clothing and other products including items for the home, but [...]
September 16, 2008Shopping for green
Looking at the shelves at the supermarket, you would imagine that turning green is going to cost you a lot more than your regular weekly shopping does and you would probably be right. However, does going green really have to cost a fortune?
The simple answer is no, this is because although the store prices for [...]
Fill up with hydrogen at home
They say that using a hydrogen fuelled car is a lot better than using conventional fuel like petrol or diesel, but buying an hydrogen powered car is one thing, filling it up is a completely different story as there are hardly any places where hydrogen can be bought.
But now a company from the UK, [...]
June 19, 2008Credit crunch means healthy lifestyle
Despite the so called credit crunch having an effect on virtually every walk of life in some way, it is hard to think that something good could be coming out of it, but in reality it is an ideal opportunity to have a massive spring clean of your life and home.
If you are one [...]
June 10, 2008Saving money in the kitchen
Eating healthy and saving do not often go together, but in this case they really do, however the diet that is produced through the money saving ideas that have been placed below come from My Paleo Kitchen, these seem to be following more of a semi survivalist plan, which is ok if you are that [...]
April 2, 2008Plant a tree and watch it grow online
It is almost impossible for anyone not to have seen the schemes that allow people and businesses to plant a tree in some foreign land, which is good for the environment, but in reality is not so great for the people who buy them, because once they have paid out, that’s it end of story.
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Paint on solar power
Many people would like to have solar panels on the roof of their house, but in reality the cost of installing this type of product is just too expensive for everyone to afford. In fact the capital outlay takes such a long time to be recouped, that there are questions as to whether the whole [...]
March 4, 2008Recycling to the tip
There is so much coverage about the recycling that our local authorities are doing and what a good cause it is, that when you come across a story that blows the lid off the whole thing then it just has to be written about so that the whole picture can be balanced out and everyone [...]