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← Older postsBP pleads guilty; pays $4.5 billion penalty for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
November 17, 2012Two years ago, the marine life in the Gulf of Mexico was made to face one of the worst man-made calamities, an oil spill. Caused by a Deepwater Horizon explosion and massive oil spill on the part of BP, one … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Gulf, Mexico, Oil | Leave a commentRecycled oil used to make French fries at McDonalds now powers delivery trucks
July 6, 2011Well, oily French fries aren’t all that bad after all. Sure they make you obese, clog your arteries and make you suffer from various heart diseases. They also happen to power up vehicles too! In a bid to turn a … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged McDonald, Oil, Truck | Leave a commentSaudi Arabia worries over the efforts of the West to reduce dependence on oil
June 6, 2011The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been known to be the world’s oil-well, one of the main sources of fossil fuels for the world. Now, in an ironic turn of events, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal has stated that oil … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Oil, Saudi_Arabia | Leave a commentEco Ultra automotive oil recycled from used oil is green
April 29, 2011Green automotive oil sounds like a paradox to most of us. Fossil fuels can never be green, right? The Eco Ultra oil recently proved this entire notion completely wrong, and is one-of-a-kind oil that’s green as ever. Made from used … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Automotive_Oil, Oil | Leave a commentCooking oil used this Thanksgiving recycled into biofuels
November 29, 2010You dug into your turkey dinner this thanksgiving and can’t wait for the next time a roasted turkey lands up on your dining table. It’s time you spare a thought for all that oil used up to cook your lovely … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged biofuel, Cooking_Oil, Oil | Leave a commentThe Blest Machine melts plastic into oil
October 22, 2010Plastic is the most useful packaging material man invented, but sadly it’s not bio-degradable. And all that plastic waste cannot be rather is not recycles, only bottles can be reused. So how do we save the planet from a potential … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Oil, Plastic | Leave a commentThe Wave Glider detects dispersed oil, forewarning oil spills, powered by the sun
August 29, 2010Oil spills have been creating a mess in our oceans all the while. And its no wonder new technology is being developed to get rid of all the mess. The last time, we came across the SeaSwarm solar powered robots, … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged "oil. spill", BP, Oil, Oil_Leak | Leave a commentJapanese machine converts plastic into oil, a recycling marvel
August 24, 2010Now we see plastic sprawled all over landfills, dumped there by the million trucks that carry it all from our waste bins everyday. It’s no wonder we just hate plastic, when it needs to be disposed off. If not recycled … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Japan, Oil, Plastic | Leave a commentRasmussen Reports poll 1,000 Americans on what they think of fossil fuel dependency
June 22, 2010Maybe the oil spill in the Gulf doesn’t bother you too much. Maybe you’ve heard of it, and shrugged it away. Maybe it has bothered you, but not too much to keep you on your toes. This has been a … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged "fossil fuels", Oil, poll | 1 CommentEnvion Oil Generator to turn plastic into oil
September 23, 2009Recyclable plastic has reduced some of our environmental worries, but what about plastic that wasn’t made with the green intention? Let’s see now, it takes oil to create plastic cans and bottles that we are so fond of, what if … Continue reading3
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