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Norway to treat the environment
Here’s an interesting question – if you’re the world’s third largest exporter of oil, could you ever truly claim to be carbon neutral?
The Apprentice: firing on too many cylinders?
The naked arrogance. The breathtaking snobbery. The involuntary boardroom backstabbing. Ah, it’s great to have The Apprentice back.
T5 – a very British fiasco?
Oh dear. It appears that reports of happy passengers at Heathrow’s brand-new terminal may have been somewhat overstated, as stories continue to emerge of people forced to travel on without their baggage, or waiting hours to reclaim the bags they arrived with.
Google goes Blackle?
Last year we wrote about Blackle, a black-background front page for the search engine Google that aims to save energy. Now technology news site TechCrunch reports that Google Israel has gone black for Earth Hour.
Heathrow row, terminal?
Heathrow’s controversial new Terminal 5 opened its doors to passengers today. According to the Guardian, passengers disembarking from the first flight – from Hong Kong – were glad to see that Europe’s busiest airport finally had facilities to rival Hong Kong’s feted International Airport.
Nappies: don’t be rash
Recent cold snap notwithstanding, it looks like spring has finally sprung – daffodils are out in force, bunny rabbits are lolloping about, and puffins, guillemots, kittiwakes and razorbills have returned to our cliff tops.
When trunks track tigers
Slight diversion here, but we’re sure you won’t mind.
The Beeb is trailing a new series Tiger - Spy in the Jungle.
X-factor: cleaner Chelsea tractors?
Last year we wrote about the Automotive X Prize. A spinoff from the original X Prize, which saw rocket scientists compete to create re-usable earth-orbiting vehicles.
What is this carbon dioxide stuff anyway?
While writing our earlier Lotus post, it occurred to us that everybody does a lot of talking about carbon dioxide, without ever really reminding us what the stuff is. So, for anyone who was having a quiet doze during school chemistry lessons, here’s a quick refresher.
Lotus Low CO2 car – good idea, dull name
Most people probably feel a frisson of excitement at the prospect of buckling themselves up in a Lotus and turning the ignition key, but not every one of the Norfolk-based company’s projects is a tyre-shredding sports rocket.
