ECOLOGY & NATURE

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TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLAR POWERED CAR

DANIEL B WOOD, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - In the local airport parking
lot, Steve Titus clicks shut the lightweight fiberglass door of his
fireman-yellow Solar Bug. . . Mr. Titus straddles the saddle-style seat
and revs the Hi-Torque Pancake motor. It whirs away quietly, reaching a
top speed of 40 miles per hour in a few seconds.

On display at a recent alternative-car expo here, this is Titus's second
and latest rendering of a solar-powered car concept. It gets up to a
fourth of its 60-mile capacity from 200 watts of roof-mounted solar
panels. . .

Titus, who is based in Bozeman, Mont., has 25 years of experience
bringing alternative-power products to market, working with more than a
dozen businesses that range from medical equipment to lasers. About
seven years ago, he got tired of driving to the gas pump, paying high
prices, and watching the geopolitical clashes over oil in the Middle
East. . .

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1115/p01s10-ussc.htm

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NOTES FROM THE ECO FUTURE
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CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS - Lemmings like to burrow under the snow
when they hibernate for the winter. Warmer temperatures cause rain to
fall during the winter months, where it freezes into a hard sheet of ice
above the sleeping lemmings, who can't crack their way out come spring.

The Aldabra banded snail is officially extinct. Existing only on an
atoll 426 kilometers northwest of the northern tip of Madagascar, the
snail died out after warmer weather cut the rainfall in its habitat.

http://www.americanprogress.org

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