At this moment our fridge, fruit bowl and vegetable basket contains the produce of many nations. Plenty of healthy eating grown (mainly) under plastic in southern Spain and shipped to the UK in lorries. Other produce comes from even further afield, some of it even by air. What if much of that food could be… Continue reading
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African safari camps switch to solar power
To switch an entire tourist operation over to solar energy in one go is quite an achievement. But Wilderness Safaris are beginning to make a habit of it. This spring Mombo camp in Botswana became the latest in the company’s portfolio to become entirely solar powered. Wilderness invested US $860 000 in replacing diesel-powered generators… Continue reading →
Cars you don’t see so often at the petrol pump
Petrol prices have risen again in the UK. Campaigners call on the government not to raise duty, but surprisingly little is said about switching to higher mileage models. I’ve been looking at Volvo, who have a good reputation in this regard. The new Volvo V40 gives fuel consumption of 78.5 mpg. —— In the 1980s we… Continue reading →
Could London Olympics give lift-off to the electric car.
The London Olympics are likely to be the best advertisement yet for the electric car. BMW, who will be exclusively providing the vehicles for athletes, officials and VIPs, have fallen far short of the initial target of 4000 electric vehicles shuttling noiselessly and emission-free to and from the Olympic facilities. But in this new era… Continue reading →
Is this the greenest fleet of company cars in Britain?
RCS Printers, a printing company in Retford, Nottinghamshire, has bought six Nissan Leaf all-electric cars for use by its employees. The cars will be powered with renewable energy, generated by solar panels recently fitted on the company’s roof. So this ought to be, near enough, zero-emission driving. Using the slowest form of powering up, simply… Continue reading →
Easy electric car charging – coming to a garage near you in 2012
“Range Anxiety” didn’t really cut it as a buzzword for 2011, did it? Not enough stories of electric car drivers stranded miles from a charging point to confirm the still widely-held view that petrol and diesel are still the only reliable fuels to power your car. So let’s try two words that might have a… Continue reading →