Green Options » control http://greenoptions.com/tag/control Posts tagged 'control' Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:16:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Pininfarina CEO Says Electric Car Still on Track for 2011 Debut http://gas2.org/2009/10/12/pininfarina-ceo-says-electric-car-still-on-track-for-2011-debut/ http://gas2.org/2009/10/12/pininfarina-ceo-says-electric-car-still-on-track-for-2011-debut/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:16:51 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/10/12/pininfarina-ceo-says-electric-car-still-on-track-for-2011-debut/

Legendary Italian carmaker, Pininfarina, may yet have some surprises up its sleeves. Even with recent financial difficulties, Pininfarina’s CEO, Silvio Pietro Angori, told Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24, that the company’s Bluecar electric car venture with french investor Vincent Bollore is not simply a concept car and still on track for a 2011 market debut.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/10/12/pininfarina-ceo-says-electric-car-still-on-track-for-2011-debut/feed/ New Pininfarina is First Car Ever With iPhone Remote Control http://gas2.org/2009/03/24/new-pininfarina-is-first-car-ever-with-iphone-remote-control/ http://gas2.org/2009/03/24/new-pininfarina-is-first-car-ever-with-iphone-remote-control/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:58:49 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/03/24/new-pininfarina-is-first-car-ever-with-iphone-remote-control/

Italian car company Pininfarina have announced plans to launch the first car in the world to use an iPhone as a remote control.

The Pininfarina Bluecar is an all-electric vehicle capable of travelling 155 miles on a single charge and a top speed of 80 mph. But get this - drivers will be able to use their iPhone to remotely check up on battery charge levels and ‘pre-heat the car’s electric drive system,’ very swish (more pics after the jump).

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/03/24/new-pininfarina-is-first-car-ever-with-iphone-remote-control/feed/ Green Guru Demands ‘Two Children Limit’ To Save Planet http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/green-guru-demands-two-children-limit-to-save-planet/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/green-guru-demands-two-children-limit-to-save-planet/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:13:56 +0000 Andrew Williams http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/green-guru-demands-two-children-limit-to-save-planet/

In a controversial statement, leading environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt has said that couples who have more than two children are being ‘irresponsible’ by creating an unbearable burden on the environment.

Porritt, Chair of the UK’s high-level Sustainable Development Commission, has urged world government’s to consider adopting widespread contraception and abortion policies as a vital component of strategies to reduce global warming.

Speaking about his views, which are sure to raise an eyebrow or two amongst liberal thinkers, Porritt said, “I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/green-guru-demands-two-children-limit-to-save-planet/feed/ EPA says that US Companies Will Pay a Record $11.8 Billion on Pollution Control in 2008 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/08/epa-says-that-us-companies-will-pay-a-record-118-billion-on-pollution-control-in-2008/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/08/epa-says-that-us-companies-will-pay-a-record-118-billion-on-pollution-control-in-2008/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:35:25 +0000 Andrew Williams http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/08/epa-says-that-us-companies-will-pay-a-record-118-billion-on-pollution-control-in-2008/

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that, as a result of its enforcement actions, U.S. companies will spend a record-breaking $11.8 billion on pollution control and projects to clean up the environment this year.

The EPA calculates that the moves will result in a best ever reduction in pollution of 3.9 billion pounds per year, nearly four times the reduction achieved during 2007.

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