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Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water.
Source: Reuters
Hydrogen-fueled machines are not particularly new or complex. There has been concern about the hydrogen in storage tanks on-board a car; hydrogen is potentially dangerous if the vehicle is involved with a collision. However, this water-fueled [...]
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Organic farming recognises the direct connection between our health and the food we eat.
Strict regulations, known as ‘standards’, define what organic farmers can and cannot do – and place a strong emphasis on the protection of wildlife and the environment. In organic farming:
pesticides are severely restricted – [...]
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Rainwater
Rainwater is generally an excellent source of irrigation for plants. Plants are not only watered when it actually rains, but rainwater can be collected in buckets and barrels for later use. In fact, commercial rain collection containers have a spigot and hose attached for easy [...]
About half the population in the United States relies to some extent on groundwater as a source of drinking water, and still more use it to supply their factories with process water or their [...]
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After actor Kevin Costner spent weeks calling attention to a high-tech oil cleanup device his company spent years developing, BP tested the machine and overnight released a statement saying that not only does the device work, officials are “excited” about its potential.
“We were confident [...]
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The United Nations appears to be a notch more concerned about the progressive scarcity of clean water than about global warming.
A WATER crisis is threatening the world, and the Philippines, although surrounded by oceans of water, is not immune to it. Cebu and other cities in [...]
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Instant panic! Immediate thoughts would turn to your family and home. The taps would open, but nothing would come out, there may be a little water left in your kettle, and some in your geyser. Then you may hear the news that the city will be [...]
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Solve your hard-water hair problems with rainwater.
People have been washing their hair with rainwater for years. Some claim it has mystical benefits, that your hair will be shinier, more manageable or that the water is cleaner because it comes from the sky. There is a [...]