By infusing orange oil into natural rubber, a new line of tires from Yokohama cuts four-fifths of the petroleum needed to manufacture a tire. They lower rolling resistance too, meaning better fuel efficiency.
HAT TIP: greencarreports.com
Topics
Action
Animals
ART
Denial
Ecology
Education
Energy
Fashion
FILM
Fish
Food
Gardens
Global Warming
Green Adverts
Green Communities
Greening Of America
Green Lit(erature)
Green Products
Green Science
Green Spirit
Green Tips
Habitat
Humor
LEGISLATION
Music
NATURAL BEAUTY
NEWS
Numbers
OCEAN
Oil
Organic farming
Pets
PLASTIC
Plastic Pacific
Pollution
Public Lands
Recycling
Slow Food
Travel
VIDEO
Waste
Waste management
water
Wildlife
Youth
Top Posts
- When the tides of life turn against you and the current upsets your boat, don’t waste those tears on what might have been, just lie on your back and float ~ Author Unknown
- Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise ~ Tommy Douglas
- Plastic Pollution Project
- If fame were based on kindness instead of popularity, on understanding and not on worldwide attention, you would be the biggest celebrity on earth. And to my heart, you already are ~ Anonymous
- We never know the worth of water till the well is dry ~ Thomas Fuller, 1732
- A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do ~ P. J. O'Rourke
- I wanna be an airborne ranger, I wanna lead a life of danger. Before the day I die, there's five things I wanna ride - bicycle, tricycle, automobile, Virgin's mother and a ferris wheel ~ John Bender's song in the film, The Breakfast Club
- If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music ~ Gustav Mahler
- It’s just a little slimy! It’s still good, it’s still good! ~ Homer from "The Simpsons"
- What will it take before we respect the planet? ~ Poster
Blogroll
- Set your DVR to Sundance Channel for BURNING ICE - a film about global warming from filmmaker Peter Gilbert. greenlandoceanblue.com 2 years ago
- There’s no ‘k’ in coal. Just one ‘l’. Tell me if I’m going too fast ~ Enemy At The Gates: Friday’s Focus? Offbeat... http://bit.ly/cluwlU 2 years ago
- The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two in... http://bit.ly/ainAZJ 2 years ago
- Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them ~ Dennis Gabor: This Friday’s Focus is POETRY. ... http://bit.ly/9S3A13 2 years ago
- I'm not going to a matchmaker! That's like giving up! It's the man version of getting a cat ~ dialogue from How I ... http://bit.ly/cL0qmp 2 years ago
Leave a comment
Comments feed for this article