17-Month Trip In Solar Taxi Ends Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
After 17 grueling months, Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer's around-the-world trip in a solar-powered car is finally over. Altogether, he traveled 32,000 miles and across 40 countries.
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Solar Taxi Goes Around the World in 80 Days Posted: 12 months ago by cactushair
Or thereabouts. In July of 2007, the Solar Taxi embarked on a trip of 32,000 miles around the world. The car is completely solar powered and took a few more than 80 days to traverse the planet.
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Japanese Two Story Transforming RV Takes Road Trip Across Japan Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
Anybody with a set of XY chromosomes dreams of ditching everything after high school or college, and taking an RV with some buddies to travel around the country in a massive road trip adventure. Few follow through on this dream of dreams, but these guys from Japan decided to build a two story, fully outfitted, transforming masterpiece of travel to do just that.
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Pricey lunch lands free trip to Rome Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
A Japanese couple has turned down a free trip to Italy after they were hit with a $1,200 lunch bill at a Roman restaurant.
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Following the latest $37.8 Billion from taxpayers, AIG executives take another expensive trip Posted: 1 year ago by tigertony
Will they never learn? Will we? Following an additional 37.8 billion in bailout money, we learn that AIG spent $86,000 for a hunting trip to England
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All aboard! Mother swan takes babies under her wing for trip across the pond Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
This doting mother swan has really taken her babies under her wing.
Six tiny cygnets could be seen peeking from beneath her feathers as she floated on the pond at the Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Devon.
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Elderly Suffolk widow hails taxi to Greece Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
"I am very elderly and I didn't fancy flying. I am not very keen on airports any more as I don't like being taken around in a wheelchair. I thought it would be very nice just to get in the car at Sudbury outside my own front door and then not have to worry."
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Construction starts on world's largest solar array Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
A groundbreaking took place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power.
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Secrets of survival during a New Year trip Posted: 3 years ago by femina
Successful New Year trip makes a holiday really happy. To the contrary, spoilt vacations can not only sadden holiday memories, but also cloud the whole future year. So you need to foresee everything.
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The New Dawn of Solar Posted: 2 years ago by runninutes
"Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just a coating, thin as a layer of paint, that takes light and converts it to electricity... Consider solar-powered buildings stretching not just across sunny Southern California, but through China and India and Kenya as well, because even in those countries, going solar will be cheaper than burning coal."
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A Look Into The Hellish Cradles Of Suns And Solar Systems Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
New images released today by ESO delve into the heart of a cosmic cloud, called RCW 38, crowded with budding stars and planetary systems.
There, young stars bombard fledgling suns and planets with powerful winds and blazing light, helped in their task by short-lived, massive stars that explode as supernovae. In some cases, this onslaught cooks away the matter that may eventually form new solar systems. Scientists think that our own Solar System emerged from such an environment.
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Veranda Solar - Bringing Solar Power to a Windowsill Near You? Posted: 9 months ago by mattgup
Veranda Solar is readying a solar panel that is able to be plugged into a standard home outlet, putting power directly into the system, where duplex plugs are the norm. And it can cost as little as $600.
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Solar BBQ on sale in Britain Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
A solar-powered barbecue has gone on sale in the UK, allowing fans of outdoor cooking to enjoy summer without fear of harming the environment.
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Solar Bursts May Threaten GPS Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
The Global Positioning System, relied on for everything from navigating cars and airplanes to transferring money between banks, may be threatened by powerful solar flares, a panel of scientists warned.
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Scientists Snap Images Of Solar Wind Sweeping Past Earth Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Using the Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI) instruments on board NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft, a consortium of scientists has seen, for the first time, large waves of solar material sweeping past Earth.
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Solar Powered Notebook with GPS & Satellite Phone Posted: 2 years ago by thinkpozzitive
This solar powered laptop features powerful batteries that are recharged by wide Solar Panel attached to the computer.
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Top 12 Solar Powered Aircrafts Posted: 3 years ago by yashibn
Incredible solar powered aircrafts ready to change the way we’ll fly in the green future......
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College field trip visits brothel Posted: 2 years ago by moe
Randolph College students took a tour last week of the Chicken Ranch, a bordello 60 miles outside of Las Vegas.
"Pop" quiz next week!
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1:93,000,000 scale model of the Solar System stretches across 40 miles of the Maine countryside Posted: 12 months ago by tigertony
The sun, located at Presque Isle, reaches up to the third floor of the Northern Maine Museum of Science. The earth, a mile away at Percy's Auto Sales, is a styrofoam ball 5.5 inches in diameter. Drive another 4.3 miles to see Jupiter. And Pluto, forty miles away at the end, is a one-inch-diameter wooden ball.
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The Sun Has Spots, Finally Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Solar activity goes in a roughly 11-year cycle. Sunspots are the visible signs of that activity, and they are the sites from which massive solar storms lift off. The past two years have marked the lowest low in the cycle since 1913, and for a while scientists were wondering if activity would ever pick back up.
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NYC Tourist Has A Friend In James Taylor Posted: 10 months ago by suebe
James Taylor said he will give a California woman a brand new music player loaded with his songs to replace the one she said she had to give up to a NYC taxi driver when her credit card was declined after a trip to the airport last month. Update to this story
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