Norway's Think to Produce, Sell Small Electric Cars in U.S.

Norway's Think Global AS, with backing from U.S. venture capital investors, plans to produce and sell a small all-electric car in the U.S. that could go as far as 110 miles when fully charged – fresh evidence that the race to woo American consumers with electric cars is heating up and drawing interest from the same investors that helped build Silic

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BMW’s Hydrogen Car Cleans The Air as You Drive

The vehicle was unveiled at last month’s SAE Congress in Detroit. BMW stole the spotlight with its hydrogen-powered 7-series sedan that emits less carbon monoxide than is present in its environment. The car’s engine breaks down and converts carbon monoxide, essentially cleaning the air as it is driven.

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World's First Production Hydrogen Hybrid Available This Fall

A company has finally gone and built the controversial hydrogen hybrid system into what appears to be a true production car. Not only that, the car looks, well, stunning… to put it mildly. Stats: 40 mpg, 0-60 mph in 3.5 sec. If the hydrogen hybrid system has truly been built into a production car, it would kind of put the kibosh on any naysayers.

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Chrysler Announces that All Its Cars will come in Hybrid

Speaking to reporters Chrysler’s Vice Chairman Jim Press announced that the every model will be offered as a hybrid. This may be speculation, but reflects the times. More Car News coverage in CarNews360.com. In a previous interview with a Detroit Newspaper, Chrysler made news saying it “absolutely” expects to provide a hybrid or diesel variants of all their car models.

Bob Dylan Endorses Obama

Now Bob Dylan - has endorsed Obama - has backed the Illinois senator to do for modern America what the generation before did in the 1960s - Says He 'Redefines Politics'. In an exclusive interview with The Times, Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate.

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6 Dream Jobs Every Guy Wants

We are big believers in the perpetual pursuit of your perfect dream job.

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The Fork in the Road for Social Media

Social networking is at a major fork in the road. Down one road is adding more features to a walled garden and opening up just enough, so that users seldom need to leave. Down the other road, a future of being the primary repository for your connections. Deciding which path to take is a real decision. A botched choice will likely end in failure.

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Danica Patrick goes for her first Indianapolis 500 victory

Patrick has proved she can win, but whether she is capable of adding a signature victory, the win that would put a stamp on her career and further validate her talent, remains to be seen....she said she would rather run out of fuel trying than driving conservatively.

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Sharpshooters on the roof

I suspect, the death threats come in greater numbers for him than any Presidential candidate before him for Obama.And yet, he still stands before us. He stands before us with his wife and with his daughters by his side. Think about that.

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World’s Largest College Solar Farm Planned

Florida Gulf Coast University has received a $8.5 million allocation to build a 16-acre solar farm on its campus. While the funding still needs a final signature from Florida Governor Crist, the money would help FGCU construct what would be the largest university-based solar farm in the world.

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Huge LEGO Boulder Crashes Into Car

Interesting video of a giant boulder (as big as in the movie) made out of five million LEGO pieces, chasing Indiana Jones through the street of San Francisco.

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A bad bacteria becomes worse

Rising rates of the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile, known as C. diff, are sparking worries about a virulent form of the bug that can cause severe diarrhea — and death.

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Dirty oil secret: Plastic Bottles and Bags

The United States alone consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of OPEC oil to create them. Add in Europe, Japan, Canada and the rest of the world and you have a major problem. Enough to fuel millions of cars each and every year. Also think about plastic bags - 100 billion plastic bags used in the United States alone each year. Multiply that by two or three and you have 24-36 million barrels of oil wasted each year. How about the entire world. Think 154.3 billion water bottles and 500 billion - 1 trillion bags and that makes up to 207.4 million barrels of oil a year. Enough to knock the price of oil down to 1990s levels.

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Solar power, weeds and algae to fuel the future

Britain's armed forces are considering alternative sources of energy, in order to reduce the military dependency on oil, with its undependable and unreliable supply and often unfriendly sources.

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Turning Traffic into Electricity

Technology is under development to turn road traffic into electricity. 'It took him eight years to get a working prototype, but now there's one working at the Port of Oakland which Kenney calls the "Dragon Power Station".

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