Positive Future #678 (Feature photo – Robotic Carrying Animal – courtesy of the DARPA Agency) ) InsideEVs journalist Andrei Nedela brings us the story of how far advanced legged robotics have come. While it may not soon replace our wheeled vehicles, these legged robots could have many smaller household, farm and industry uses. You can…
Positive Future #677 (Feature photo – Plastic Waste – By Venkat2336 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21105342) BrightVibes brings us the story of how China (1.4 billion people) is now striving to rid the nation of single use plastics. The problem of plastics is many fold including micro-plastic particles showing up in our bodies,…
Positive Future #676 (Feature photo – BYD Electric Double-Decker Bus – courtesy of BYD ) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane brings us the story of the largest electric bus in North America. It is a BYD manufactured bus from California that is 45 feet ling and can seat up to 77 passengers. With a range of…
Positive Future #675 (Feature photo – Flag of Rhode Island – public domain) CleanTechnica journalist brings us the story of Rhode Island’s commitment to 100 percent renewables by 2020. The state’s governor – Gina Raimondo – issued the order to research and create actions plans to get it accomplished in the next 10 years. You…
Positive Future #660 (Feature photo – Earth – Courtesy of NASA) The United Nations, representing 183 countries around the world, is pushing to have 30 percent of the planet under permanent protection and to have pollution cut in half. A bigger picture approach in a world where nations compete against each other to such a…
Positive Future #659 (Feature photo – Flag of the United Kingdom – Public Domain ) Inhabitat News journalist Dawn Hammon brings us the news of how Rolls Royce is building the world’s fastest electric airplane. Given the polluting footprint of modern jets, this interest and development of alternative technology gives hope. The demo plane is…
Positive Future #673 (Feature photo – Volkswagen Electric Cars – CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain, Boivie)) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of how Volkswagen plans to beat Tesla as the world’s largest EV manufacturer by 2030. While Tesla has a more prominent front-row presence in the minds of consumers. However, Volkswagen is…
Positive Future #672 (Feature photo – Earth – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Plumbago ) Many of us have heard of the concept of “overshoot”. It is the extent to which the Earth cannot keep up with human consumption. While there is no outward discussion about population, globally there are some undercurrents emerging. In America, for…
Positive Future #671 (Feature photo – The Shoe That Grows – courtesy of Because International https://becauseinternational.org/) BrightVibes brings us the story of the shoes that grow – for poor children around the world. Actually, the idea has application for right here in the United States. Founder Kenton Lee, started the non-profit “Because International” to raise…
Positive Future #670 (Feature photo – China Global Map – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Addicted04) CleanTechnica Journalist Dr. Maximillian Holland brings us an interesting story about car sales in china – gas and electric. Gasoline car sales dropped 8.4 percent in 2019 while electric car sales only dropped one half of one percent. While the…
