If an electric car can fit into your lifestyle, then the BMW i3 is certainly worth a look. It may be dearer than other electric cars, but we think the extra is justified by the premium look and feel, fun driving dynamics, not to mention the option of this range extender version.
In case you weren’t already convinced that overuse of antibiotics in livestock is a bad, bad, bad idea — a recent study offers a new reason to scale back on them: climate change. An international research team found that dung from cattle treated with a commonly used antibiotic gave off a little less than double
It’s no secret that today’s aggressive agricultural techniques can take a heavy toll on the environment, both on the land used for crops and livestock, and in the surrounding atmosphere. But a new vision of a more sustainable ‘integrated neighbourhood’ community is being implemented in the Netherlands, with the first of a series of high-tech
Nissan Leaf Offers We are pleased to announce our latest deals for the Nissan Leaf (from 1 July 2016) – and with free fuel! The big news is that the deal includes the supply and installation of a free home charge point by POD Point. We are able to offer a brand new Nissan Leaf
In the next decade or so, experts predict that electric car sales will surpass gas-powered car sales. That may seem hard to believe. In 2015, all of the alternative fuel cars (hybrid, electric, natural gas, etc.) put together only made up about 7% of the 129 million total cars in the US, according to the
To Steve Yates, the best thing about his new Tesla Powerwall is that he doesn’t have to worry anymore about the lights going out during a storm. Or maybe it’s how cool an addition it is to the entryway of his house in Monkton, Vermont. “I’ve always wanted to have a backup power source,” said
Various policy driven scenarios show electric vehicles gaining market share over the next few decades but with the turnover of the vehicle stock taking longer. I recently argued that BP’s projections showing almost no take-up of plug-in vehicles[1] by 2035 was unrealistic in view of several convergent trends. There is increasing pressure to reduce CO2
EU dilutes proposal to halve air pollution deaths after UK lobbying
If implemented, weakened proposal means 14,000 people could die prematurely across Europe each year from 2030 EU states have agreed to water down a proposed law aimed at halving the number of deaths from air pollution within 15 years, after intense lobbying from the UK that cross-party MEPs have condemned as “appalling”. Some 14,000 people
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