When gas costs $50 per gallon, creative solutions seem to spring forth. Two business partners in Gaza have converted a 1994 Peugeot 205 into an electric car capable of going 110 miles on a single charge using 34 standard lead-acid car batteries.
Gaza
Necessity Breeds Electric Car Innovation on the Gaza Strip
(via gas2.org)
Submitted by niccha on Fri, 2008-07-11 17:33. | Tags: transportation | cars | Electric Cars | electric vehicles | environment | EVs | Gaza | Gaza Strip | israel | technology | transportation
Sewage and Politics Collide
(via www.griinucompare.co.uk)
Untreated sewage flowing into the sea from Gaza as we still cannot seem to rise above our differences and tackle the common environmental threat!
Submitted by thegreenginger on Thu, 2008-05-01 07:25. | Tags: health | nature | politics | common threat | environment | Gaza | Politics | power | sewage | treatment