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Efficient Hybrids
They're called "Hyper-Milers" — car geeks whose quest is to squeeze the absolute last drop of efficiency out of their hybrid cars. The more gifted Hyper-Milers have used their schemes of automotive thrift to get over a 100 miles to …Read more.
Brewery Power
The green movement has brought together some strange bedfellows — people, agencies or firms that ordinarily wouldn't work together — but this one takes the prize: A hospital and a brewery are joining forces to create electric power.
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Follow that Bus
New York City is at the forefront in the use of hybrid buses. Of its fleet of 4,500 buses, 850 are hybrid, and the number is growing. In the mid-'90s, the transit system took some heat for its impact on air quality, and officials looked for …Read more.
LED Price Reduction
Panasonic's LEDs have been the recipient of some nice buzz at the Japanese electronics fair, CEATEC — and it all centers around price. Last year, Toshiba highlighted a 60-watt equivalent LED that ran for $90 and a 100-watt equivalent for $360. …Read more.
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Solar RoadwaysScott Brusaw is working on using the roadways as a giant grid of solar collectors that can, he says, "produce three times as much energy than this country uses on an annual basis." Brusaw sees replacing traditional petroleum-based asphalt — there are 25,000 square miles of it in the lower 48 states — with a series of three-layer panels that have a base of power and data lines. The next layer is a 32 by 32 array of solar collectors (that look like soup cans) and an LED lighting system that lights the roadway from below. The Department of Transportation has awarded Brusaw with $100,000 to make the first panel. Questions can be sent to Jim Parks at jrparks@mac.com. To find out more about Jim Parks and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 CREATORS.COM 
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