TECH.BLORGE.com » Green Technology http://tech.blorge.com Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sheep’s wool insulation is green http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/sheeps-wool-insulation-is-green/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/21/sheeps-wool-insulation-is-green/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:20:49 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/02/22/sheeps-wool-insulation-is-green/ Sheep's wool insulation is green No not the color green but the renewable resource green.  Like cellulose and cotton insulation, sheep’s wool is a renewable resource with a twist.  Cellulose insulation recycles paper and cotton insulation recycles the bits of blue jean material that would normally be tossed in [...] Related posts:
  1. Recycled fabric scraps make green cotton insulation
  2. Another green insulation uses Hemp
  3. Cellulose insulation to help green your home
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  1. Tesla Motors seeks cash infusion
  2. Tesla sues BBC over ‘rigged’ car test
  3. 3 competitors that make the Chevy Volt sound like a bargain
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  1. The Fisker Karma hits the speedway
  2. Happy New Year from BLORGE
  3. Ex-BMW designer bets big on plug-in hybrids
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2012/01/01/happy-new-year-now-please-return-your-karma/feed/ 3 Would you heat your home with a data furnace? http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/11/27/would-you-heat-your-home-with-a-data-furnace/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/11/27/would-you-heat-your-home-with-a-data-furnace/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:53:53 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/11/27/would-you-heat-your-home-with-a-data-furnace/ Data Servers used by WikimediaData centers give off heat, a lot of it.  At least half the [...] Related posts:
  1. Google taking data centers to the sea, files patents
  2. TEG could turn engine heat into energy
  3. Despite slump, Yahoo! to open new data and call centers
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No, it doesn’t store and play your music collection. That would be taking [...] Related posts:

  1. Steal an iPod Touch, buy music using someone else’s iTunes account
  2. Apple to kill off iPod classic in favor of iPod touch future?
  3. The new iPod Nano squares up and plays video?
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  1. Chrysler slices into Toyota Prius, Chevy Volt territory with new electric cars
  2. Honda Insight 2.0 may undercut the Toyota Prius by $1,000s
  3. Toyota will use Ecological Plastic in its new Prius
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  1. Apple names 156 suppliers, aims to reduce abuse
  2. Apple confirms underage labor, poisoning and suicides
  3. DEFRA combats ‘green washing’ with an updated Green Claims Code
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  1. iTunes 7.7 provides ebooks for the iPhone and iTouch
  2. Is the future of eBooks really disposable paper eReaders
  3. Use Book Saver to turn your books into eBooks
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/23/do-enhanced-ebooks-really-enhance-the-reading-experience/feed/ 3 India car maker Tata now makes cheap homes http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/17/india-car-maker-tata-now-makes-cheap-homes/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/17/india-car-maker-tata-now-makes-cheap-homes/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:35:59 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/17/india-car-maker-tata-now-makes-cheap-homes/ India carmaker Tata now makes cheap homesIndian cheap car maker Tata has decided to segue into making houses.  Of course we’re talking about inexpensive homes.  The homes that [...] Related posts:
  1. Tata Motors moves one step closer to European market
  2. New electric vehicles coming from Tata
  3. 3D printing coming to homes
]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/17/india-car-maker-tata-now-makes-cheap-homes/feed/ 2 China and the European Union are outstripping the U.S. in the green economy http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/09/china-and-the-european-union-are-outstripping-the-u-s-in-the-green-economy/ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/09/china-and-the-european-union-are-outstripping-the-u-s-in-the-green-economy/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:48:28 +0000 Susan Wilson http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2011/07/09/china-and-the-european-union-are-outstripping-the-u-s-in-the-green-economy/ China and the European Union are outstripping the U.S. in the green economyWhile the United States government seems incapable of [...] Related posts:
  1. Pennsylvania boosts its economy with investments in green technology
  2. Green energy cut in the new stimulus package
  3. European Union consumer head lashes out at Apple over iTunes DRM
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