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Remember our post about paying to sleep in an old drain pipe?  Well now next time you go to London, you can sleep in an old shipping container.  Travelodge is getting their recycle on with this hotel made completely of old shipping containers.  It may sound like a gimmick but besides the fact that they [...]

We need to take advantage of the renewable power of the sun… no brainer.  How?  There are new breakthroughs every week that go beyond tradition solar panels, and WPI researches announced a great one yesterday:  Use the a massive system that we already have collecting rays everyday… roads and parking lots! I read over at CleanTechnica [...]

Consumers get a temporary reprieve from pump prices as gasoline prices drop to a 14-week low. And can cow poop help meet world energy needs?

Gasoline prices fall to lowest level in 14 weeks: Good news for motorists and consumers — gasoline prices continue to decline. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says fuel prices slumped another 6.9 cents last week, driving the price of gasoline to an average price of $3.74 a gallon. That’s the lowest since last spring, though still about a dollar higher than in August, 2007. While the pain at the pump is decreasing, Americans still have still driven 53.2 billion fewer miles so far this year. (USA Today)

GM May Reveal the Production Chevy Volt on it Centennial Webcast, September 16th: General Motors may reveal production-ready prototypes of the eagerly awaited plug-in vehicle next month. Engineers are finalizing the car’s showroom spec, and company spokespeople say mule test vehicles have enjoyed a successful summer of testing. The Detroit Press reported Tuesday that the most likely occasion for an official unveiling of the Volt’s final look will be the company’s Centennial webcast, now set for September 16th. It will be broadcast on the GMNext website.

Milkit is a creative way to turn milk bottles into kickin’ table lamps. The kit is sold by Play Design and was developed by Alexandru Adam and Steven Koch. The nature inspired graphics come with the kit along with the hardware (cords, sockets, fittings, etc). It’s up to you to provide the milk bottles, [...]