According to a recent article published in Bloomberg, Ford Motor Company apparently gave up on any hopes of returning to a profit for 2009 due to the rising costs of steel and gasoline. Recently, Ford has taken the biggest plunge on the New York Stock Exchange in almost a month. Ford’s Chief Executive [...]
Like most people who are fed up with gas prices and the oil situation, Jennifer Marsh was also annoyed. Also an artist, Marsh decided to do something about it by making an art project out of an abandoned gas station that had become an eyesore on her way to work. She came up [...]
According to an article published back in 2006, Sweden claimed that it wanted to be completely free from being dependent on oil, and it was determined to make that happen by the year 2020. If the plan actually worked, it would be the world’s first ‘almost’ oil-free economy.
According to the Swedish government, Sweden’s intention [...]
If you live in a city like Raleigh, NC, then you probably hate the traffic lights. A lot of the traffic lights throughout the city have red light cameras, which is part of the city’s effort to catch people who violate the law. It seems like a good idea, and in fact, a [...]
That’s right. According to an article published in the Wall Street Journal, the people at Japanese car maker, Mazda were forced to make a “crushing” decision when it came to figuring out what to do with 4,703 brand new vehicles that kinda’, sorta’ sank in the Pacific Ocean.
Around two years ago, a freighter [...]
According to an article published in Technology Review, a type of lithium-ion battery developed by A123 Systems, a company housed in Watertown, MA, could be the key to making electric and hybrid cars dominate the roadways in the very near future. A123 Systems is just one of many other similar companies who are [...]
Here, in America, we are upset that the gas prices keep escalating. Surely, by the end of the summer of 2008, we’ll be paying at least $4 a gallon, which is absolutely absurd. However, perhaps we don’t realize how lucky we are. In the meantime, our neighbors across the Atlantic Ocean are [...]
If you thought balancing on two wheels was hard enough, try balancing on one wheel. When we go to the circus, typically, we’ll see a few clowns riding unicycles. Isn’t it neat to see them do that? Well, now you can do that too, with the world’s first unicycle motorbike. A [...]
