Environment News - February

Seaweed Car? Ask Toyota
Toyota is looking to a greener future — literally — with dreams of an ultralight, superef?cient plug-in hybrid with a bioplastic body made of seaweed that could be in showrooms within 15 years.
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Manure? These Trucks Run on It
A California dairy has converted a pair of 18-wheelers to run on biomethane produced from cow manure, creating what is believed to be the nation's first cow-pie–powered trucks.
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How many hamsters does it take to power your phone?
Apparently Four. Four hamsters wearing tiny jackets can generate enough energy to power a nanodevice. Yes, that's right - they're wearing tiny little jackets.
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Whiskey to power homes in Scotland
Power plant developer Helius Energy announced on Wednesday that it plans to work with the Combination of Rothes Distillers Ltd. to build a power plant that will run off of whiskey by-products. Helius and CoRD have been given planning permission to begin building the power plant.
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The chip-fat eco bus company
There is something in the air. The unmistakable whiff of chips as a large yellow, double-decker bus sweeps past heralds the birth of a new sort of transport company, small, locally owned and run entirely on waste.
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