Cardboard pallets hold the same weight as wooden ones and are used once then recycled. Ikea says the 90% reduction in pallet weight will save them nearly $200 million a year in transportation charges.
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Most forms of power generation, especially coal, oil, and natural gas, require large amounts of water. The US Geological Service says nearly half of the nation’s water consumption is used in creating electricity, an astonishingly high number. Coal and petroleum-based energy are among the most water-intensive, as water is used every step along the [...] Wow. The Land Art Generator Initiative took inventor Akinori Iti’s idea to convert plastic back to petroleum and figured out how to do it with solar tower technology. They called it Plastikoleum. Not only does this save energy, they think they can do it at a scale of 10 tons of plastic per hour, [...] Ford and Georgia Tech is teaming together to convert a regular bus to a hydraulic hybrid, something which adopted widely, could save enormous amounts of gas. Why a hydraulic hybrid system, and not a standard hybrid-electric? Simply put, regenerative braking powers a pump, that pushes fluid into a reservoir that provides power directly to [...] Japan will scrap a plan to obtain half of its electricity from nuclear power and will instead promote renewable energy and conservation as a result of its continuing nuclear crisis, the Prime Minister said Tuesday. The emphasis on conservation is particularly noteworthy. A smart grid, smart appliances, and a general effort to not waste [...] Robert Scoble tours the datacenter, which was built using Open Compute Project standards and best practices for energy efficiency. One of the most significant features of the facility was that Facebook eliminated the centralized UPS system found in most data centers. “In a typical data center, you’re taking utility voltage, you’re transforming it, you’re [...] New processes now capture heat generated by oil refineries in crushing rock to extract methane and use it to generate electricity. There are huge amounts of wasted energy and unused heat in our manufacturing processes. The more we can use this essentially free energy, the more efficient we will be. [...] TrailerTail saves 6.6% on gas at 65 mpg. For a trucker driving many tens of thousands of miles a year, that converts into serious savings. Oklahoma did this in a pilot test by raising rates during peak hours and providing a web portal so people could determine what the various rates are and then run the dishwasher and washing machine at night rather than during the day. If you give people useful information, they will make informed decisions. Simple, isn’t [...] NYC plans to turn sewage sludge into energy. Ultra-thin paint cuts fuel costs on jets. Power your devices with water. Yes, water. Chevron ordered to pay $8 billion in environmental damages by Ecuador court. Shell Oill says we’re running out of oil. Exxon-Mobil is buying companies because it can’t find enough oil on its own. [...] |  | ||||
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