Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras and Italy’s energy company ENI signed an agreement in São Paulo, Brazil, to develop and commercialize biofuels technology and announced plans to build four bio-diesel plants in Brazil.
The memorandum defined as “a strategic alliance for international markets” was signed before Italian Primer Minister Romano Prodi and Brazil’s president Lula da […]
Entries from March 2007
Brazil Joins Italy to Produce Biofuel in Brazil and Africa
March 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: fuels · eco friendly
Green tips you should live by
March 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Have you ever wondered what type of eco footprint you are leaving on our environment? You should..every day you are faced with opportunities to green this world- are you going to take them? Do you know when these opportunities present themselves? We have compiled these green tips to help you make smart, green decisions. Now […]
Tags: green tips · environment · eco friendly
Rechargeable Batteries are Cheaper
March 28th, 2007 · 3 Comments
10 billion batteries are sold in the United States. That’s about a billion tons of garbage with very toxic elements. It is a big industry, and it is a shame that we don’t pursue the possibility of eliminating most of the batteries by producing devices that would generate their own electricity.
Going back […]
Tags: miscellaneous · green tips · alternative energy · environment · eco friendly
Why I care about alternative energy
March 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This last weekend I went to Charlottesville, Virginia, home of UVA and the Virginia Festival of the Book. If you have ever watched C-SPAN2 on the weekends, you know the drill. Some authors read from their work, or discuss their work, and then there are question and answer sessions. At the very end […]
Tags: environment · eco friendly
Low wind turbine: two designs
March 22nd, 2007 · 5 Comments
At Hong Kong University, they are reporting this design: lightweight, plastic, affordable. At the Sandia National Laboratories, they have come up with a completely different design: larger with curved tips. The Hong Kong design is for individuals and businesses to install thus reducing their own carbon footprint. The Sandia design is intended to open […]
Tags: alternative energy





