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Virgin Atlantic’s Coconut Powered 747 Completes First Flight

Technorati Tags: biofuel,richard branson,RichardBranson,virgin,virgin atlantic,VirginAtlantic,747 Virgin Atlantic completed its 747 flight from London to Amsterdam using biofuel, of which 150,000 coconuts added up to 20% of the jet fuel. As had been anticipated, the joint trial by Boeing and Virgin on Sunday saw a jumbo jet take to the sky partially running on so-called “first […]

Street Lights Powered By Human Waste

“A bio-gas plant in an Indian town generates 3,000 watts of electricity a day—from human waste” National Geographic Video about an Indian Housing Comlex that powers their street lights with their waste… and apparently, it’s odourless too! via AfricanLoft.com

Fabulous Garden Offices

When you’re working at home, it goes without saying that you need an office, a room or some space where all the work gets done. Some of the “home offices” I’ve seen are just a disgrace really and just leave me wondering how some people would ever get any work done. I guess that comes […]

DIY Biodiesel From Cooking Oil

Technorati tags: bio, diesel, green, fuel, diy, processor, gadget I’ve come across several manuals and tutorials on the Internet showing you how to make bio diesel from cooking oil. I doubt I would ever attempt this unless I had this little home bio fuel processor. With FuelPod2 you can dump in your leftover cooking oils […]