First results of UK-wide trials dispel fears about the 'range anxiety' of electric cars running out of power: typical users' driving habits can remain unchanged
… would be decreased to almost zero if the electricity network was switched from a … running the entire UK car and taxi fleet on electricity would require the equivalent of 16 per cent of current electricity demand. Charging at night when …
Republican Nebraska's energy is all publicly owned or cooperative, writes Thomas M. Hanna, and prices are among America's lowest, with great service standards and a strong commitment to renewables. Decentralised and locally accountable, this could be the model that replaces inefficient, unresponsive monopolies - both nationalised and corporate.
… state, red power: Nebraska's publicly-owned electricity system Thomas M. Hanna | 31st … every single resident and business receives electricity from a public or community-owned … and 30 public power districts provide electricity to a population of around 1.8 …
Once you get over the fact that not even tinted windows, a subwoofer, and Snoop Dogg riding shotgun would make the Maranello IV electric car ‘cool’, you can begin to think about driving and car ownership in a whole new way.
It's electrifying... Mark Anslow | 17th May 2007 News Electric Car Cars Elettrica Maranello Future Vehicles James Tucker Transport Green Transport Cars Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change …
There is more to sustainable transport than cutting emissions, writes Nicola Spurling - like reducing car dependence, cutting congestion, and reducing the need for travel. The Tesla Model S is a wonder of engineering, but does little to address the real challenges.
… and life can carry on as normal. But the electricity has to come from somewhere ... … S produces zero emissions, electric cars use electricity and this has to be generated … only arrive with an entirely de-carbonised electricity supply - which is hard to imagine. …
Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing machines may soon be available that can regulate their own energy usage.
… do you think was happening here?’ Jon Fenn, electricity operations manager for National … on to the wall of his ofice in the grid’s electricity control centre in Berkshire. The graph shows the nation’s total electricity demand during the first round 2006 …
Thinking of trading in your old fridge? We’ve got the lowdown on how to get hold of electricals that are genuinely green
… adjusting the amount of water, time and electricity needed to suit that particular … power, which on a global scale, is a lot of electricity. The Electronic Eco 3 Kettle … cups you need, which helps cut down on water, electricity and money on your bills. Other …
The wind farms debate rages on as the need for renewable energy grows. But is the UK in danger of putting aesthetics before the need to cut carbon emissions and adopt greener technologies?
… of installed capacity – enough to supply electricity to more than 3.3 million homes. But more needs to be done. A looming electricity shortage In an interview with the … , said if we don’t act now we will face an electricity shortage in the UK in about 10 …
One billion people in the developing world are deprived of access to effective healthcare due to a lack of access to energy, reports Andrew Heath of Practical Action....
… had her local medical centre had access to electricity. Photo courtesy of Practical … pain. Sometimes I think that if there were electricity in our community health centre, my … for the last 22 years we could not get any electricity, who knows how many years will …
In the 1960s psychologist Stanley Milgram tested a cross section of ordinary Americans to see if they’d administer potentially lethal electric shocks to a mild-mannered little man, sitting in an electric chair. The findings stunned the world.
Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment Tom Stafford | 1st June 2003 News Psychology Disobedience Dissent Americans Beha Mental Health Health Society FAIRTRADE_JUN03_MAIN_1.jpg In the 1960s …
A blueprint for how Britain could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero over the next 20 years by a combination of electrification, insulation and a massive scaling up of offshore wind reports Tom Levitt
… on just 16 per cent of the total current electricity demand. Smart charging at night … the day can reduce the need for additional electricity production. Reductions in car use … in full READ MORE... INVESTIGATION Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind …
Privatised energy has failed us, writes Sam Lund-Harket. While energy company chiefs earn millions of pounds a year, one in ten English households live in fuel poverty. But there is another way. All over the world countries and communities are taking energy, water and other essential public services back under democratic control.
… we still rely on for the vast majority our electricity generation. Centrica owns a 25% … it. One in five people globally live without electricity because they are unable to access … of those living in rural areas have access to electricity. Although it is the model that is …
Most of us have a party in our pockets – those digital devices that promised a global village. We found that village, all right, and it is peopled with idiots. Plugged into iPods, chatting into palms, we are lost in techno-torpor enveloping us 24/7 from any locale.
Electric Cabaret Michael Bugeja | 1st January 2007 News Mobile Phones Community Electronics Community Consumerism Computers Telecoms Green Lifestyle Literature Science And Technology Society Most of …
Dutch company, Sustainable Dance Club, have come up with a novel way to party and save the planet at the same time
… is capable of generating up to 35 watts of electricity, which is then fed into a … people and the faster the dancing, the more electricity is generated and the more the … LIVING PICK OF THE DAY: The OWL Pink Micro Electricity is one of the biggest contributors …
A new Forum for the Future report outlines radical ways in which British - and worldwide - cities need to reinvent transport infrastructures to deal with excessive populations
Cities must ‘radically change’ transport systems to cope with population explosion Kara Moses | 2nd December 2010 News Transport Population Cities News Society straddling bus 480x360.jpg The electric …
Earthship Brighton, an award-winning off-grid community centre set in an organic farm within the South Downs National Park, has hosted hundreds of events and inspired tens of thousands of visitors over the last decade, writes Phil Moore, demonstrating green technologies and energy-efficient living. But now it's in need of a refit.
… no utility bills set free from rising gas and electricity. Earthships enjoy the weather by … and if it's sunny they capture free heat and electricity. Water conservation and energy … to store the solar power generated to provide electricity whatever the weather. But the …
Communities should take power into their own hands to build an abundant local clean energy supply to secure our future energy on a national scale, claims Kayla Ente, founder of community energy service co-operative BHESCo......
… energy policy. The new Energy Bill including Electricity Market Reform (EMR) means that … in the form of a guaranteed price for electricity production, regardless of whether that electricity is consumed or not. Fracking …
How do the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party measure up on their environmental manifesto pledges? Here's the definitive list...
… home up to £10,000 Aim for 40 per cent of UK electricity to come from non-carbon sources by … Green Investment Bank Aim for 40 per cent of electricity to come from low-carbon sources by … wind and other renewables Nationalise the electricity network Introduce smart meters and …
A simple but effective solar kit is helping to bring light to homes in the less-industrialised world without the choking side-effects of kerosene lamps
… of rural Africa, and replace it with solar electricity. Until recently solar has been an … photovoltaic panel to convert daylight into electricity; a similar sized battery with a … technology made up over half of Europe’s new electricity generating capacity in 2009, as …
Two million cars are disposed of every year in the UK, only half of them through the proper channels. Recycle materials and cut down on pollution by sending your old banger to an authorised treatment facility
Recycle your car, don't scrap it Eifion Rees | 7th December 2010 Ethical Living Green Living Out And About Society Car Vehicle Metal Scrap Recycle Tyre Garage Dvla scrap-cars.jpg Two million cars are …
Politicians are storing up problems for future generations by 'shying away' from making a decision on road charging, says road users group
Road pricing is becoming inevitable, says RAC The Ecologist | 5th July 2010 News Road Cars Road Pricing Energy Society Pollution carsontheroad.jpg Direct road charging in the UK is currently limited …
Being off the beaten track need not require lashings of fossil fuels to provide a comfortable lifestyle. James Morrison tells the remarkable story of the inhabitants of Scotland's Knoydart Peninsula
… system, which generates 280 kilowatts of electricity and supplies 70 homes and …
Low income families in the UK are cold mainly because they live in badly insulated buildings. The Chancellor has missed the opportunity to address this key issue, writes Paul Ekins, in the name of cutting 'green taxes'. The poor will suffer.
… The carbon tax, levied on firms generating electricity from fossil fuels, will generate … Home Discount , which knocks money off the electricity bill of households characterised …