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Ford, Jose Cuervo team up to make car parts with bioplastic reinforced with blue agave fibers

Green Car Congress

Our job is to find the right place for a green composite like this to help our impact on the planet. Once harvested, the heart of the plant is roasted, before grinding and extracting its juices for distillation. EcoLon post-consumer nylon carpeting is used as cylinder head covers in Ford Escape, Fusion, Mustang and F-150.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

South Bay Cities Council of Governments Green Task Force, South Bay Environmental Services Center, State Center Jenny Oropeza, 350.org, We need more juice than that to get things done in the Greenius Decade and I know precisely where to get it. And I worked my ass off. Money talks and money motivates.

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Electric dirt bikes buyer’s guide and best models

Green Authority

Cake Kalk& Electric Motion Escape. Some may find the shortcomings of battery-powered dirt bikes deal-breakers, while others will fall in love with these green machines. While you’re running green, you might have to compromise if you want to get on the saddle of an aggressive-looking dirt bike. No noise vs. Lack of rumble.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. 2:54 PM Anonymous said.

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