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Most bicyclists have a dream place in mind when it comes to enjoying their rides. What about an open (dug) plain-where you can try all possible antics that come to mind whilst riding a bicycle For the ones who’ve always wanted an opportunity such as this, the Slovenian Hydro Pumped Storage Power Plant is an ideal place. But only when it is empty, of course!

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Mobile Solar homes can go a long way in changing the world and a start can be made by substituting those gas guzzling RVs with solar powered options. An inspiration is the mobile home trailer designed by Waskman Design Studio for Vodafone. Vodafone wanted this design to show case its fixed phone and wireless internet service.

The trailer is still good enough for a family tour as blogger Marcos Morales is using it for a family vacation through Spain. Waskman Design Studio constructed it with white polyethylene panels and transparent polycarbonate.

The United States House of Representatives has passed legislation to cut industrial pollution that is mainly blamed for global warming. The House, controlled by the Democrats, passed the climate change Bill by a vote of 219-212. 

New Energy Bill

The vote was mostly partisan, with just 8 Republicans joining the Democrats in favor of the Bill and 44 Democrats voting against it. The climate change Bill will now go to the Senate.

Tippi Hedren, actress and animal rights activist, says she will take care of the two tigers that lived on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.

“We have so suddenly lost,” Tippi Hedren was quoted as saying, “one of the most beautiful and enchanting entertainers on our planet.”

The Sears Tower in Chicago is to undergo a “green” change that will cost a cool $350 million. The plan is to make the 110-story office tower,the tallest building in the United States as well as in the Western Hemisphere at a height of 1,450 feet, “a beacon for environmentally sound space.”

Green Sears Tower

American Landmark Properties, which owns Sears Tower, expects to cut the building’s electricity consumption by 80% and water consumption by 40%. Sears Tower, built in 1973, will be renamed Willis Tower later in the summer of 2009.

The 9-point “green” plan for Sears Tower includes the following measures:

United States President Barak Obama says that the legislation on climate change, along with his plan for fuel efficiency of automobiles, will save as much oil as the US imports from the Persian Gulf countries. Thus, President Obama said in an interview that if the proposal becomes law, the United States would greatly reduce its dependence on foreign oil.

Obama on Oil Cuts

We do need green cars on the road but also the devils on two wheels need to think of greener alternatives. Electricity can be a wise choice as far as the energy part is concerned and the ideal two-wheeled machine will be the Pierre Yohanes Lubis designed BMW Halbo.

Electricity-powered BMW Halbo motorcycle

Halbo which was an entrant at the BMW Motarrard Innovation Contest 2009 is a front wheel driven electric bike that uses a small rear wheel only to ensure balancing. The ball joint affixed to the rear helps the bike make turns with ease where leaning does not become a risk.

The battery powered electric commuters have finally embraced the  skies.

Yuneec E430 - First Electric Airplane to go Into Commercial Production

Yuneec E430 is a name you will remember for entering the history books as the first electric airplane to be commercially produced. While the giant airplanes will still fly on battery packs, Yuneec E430 a two seater light-sport aircraft (LSA) is making an appearance at the 2009 EAA Air Venture Oshkosh prior to being mass produced.

There are job chances galore in green sector and help wanted ads are bristling.

In the midst of the  global economic recession, one good opportunity has showed up in the United States in the form of what may be described as green careers. Even as most other companies are struggling to survive, green companies are seeing a bright future.

Green jobs not only are long-term but also cut across all economic lines.

Here are a few of the top green jobs:

General Motors Corporation says it will do the “heavy lifting” to help achieve the grand goal set by United States President Barack Obama of having 1 million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on the US roads by 2015.  Major US-based makers of automobiles, including General Motors, have been planning an array of electric-drive vehicles aimed at meeting higher fuel-economy standards and also an expected rise in the demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Chevy Volt