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Tesla Motors Roadster

July 20, 2006 @ 7:07 pm · Filed under Blue Marble

This beauty runs on electricity and can reach speeds of 130 mph. Wow, could this be the best looking alternative fuel car I have ever seen.

Yes, it is built in Hethel by Lotus. Sure, it tops out at 130, but it’s got a 250-mile range based on the EPA’s freeway test. Regenerative braking? Check. But one parameter they haven’t tested is how much the regen actually adds to the car’s (presumably-shortened) range while cruising in traffic (a number we’re really interested to know). Regardless the magic pair of double decimal-delineated digits remains the 4.0-second 0-60 time.

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Aptera Concept Car

July 12, 2006 @ 6:26 pm · Filed under Blue Marble, Cool Stuff

Here is a very cool concept car that we find via Gizmodo. The Aptera is a car that, if it makes it to production, will cost less than $20 K, be 0-60 mph in 11 seconds and get…330 MPG. Very earth friendly.

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The Canary Project

July 11, 2006 @ 3:37 pm · Filed under Blue Marble

The bottom image is an area of glacial runoff, much of which was covered by ice merely 10 years ago; the top image is of ice at the source of the glacier.

These photos are part of the Canary Project which is an effort to document these changes around the world.

The mission of The Canary Project is to photograph landscapes around the world that are exhibiting dramatic transformation due to global warming and to use these photographs to persuade as many people as possible that global warming is already underway and of immediate concern.

And the Bush White House says there is no such thing and global warming…hmmm.

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