VANISHING GLACIERS ON AFRICA’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN

Mt. Kilimanjaro’s glaciers are melting away

Editor’s Note: Did human-built cars and generators and heaters make the gas that warmed the air and melted the ice? Or is it just a coincidence of geologic and climatological fluctuations that we arrive at this tipping point? Or is it a [...]

BATTERY POWERED CARS & THE CASE FOR THE SERIES HYBRID

SERIES HYBRID CAR
BASIC CONVERSION (top view)

Elec. motor to existing drive train
generator on side of truck bed
batteries on undercarriage
(elec=R, batt=G, diesel=O)

Hybrid cars, which combine the power of an electric motor with a gasoline engine, are often presented as a transitional technology that will eventually be supplanted by [...]