production

Common production from plant to fabric is not as green as eco-minded people would like. Don’t fall for the bamboo fabric gold rush when scrutiny is required to honestly connect it to the green market.

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

The world’s largest wind farm is growing South Dakota, California could see the worlds largest solar power plant, and now Singapore is in the foray with landing the largest solar manufacturing facility the world’s ever seen. A Norwegian company called Renewable Energy Corporation will build the complex, which will be completed in different stages to incorporate wafer, cell, and module production.

Critics argue that electrolysis of water is too energy intensive and costly, but miss the bigger picture that there are at least 15 other methods of producing hydrogen currently under development.

Honda will launch a hydrogen powered car at the upcoming L.A. autoshow