Great budget travel tips

https://youtu.be/eBxkYP-Cax0

La STL achète un premier bus électrique

Cool, electric bus in Laval... It's a start. Thanks Jacques.

La STL achète un premier bus électrique - Actualités - Courrier Laval: "La Société de transport fait l’achat d’un premier autobus à piles. Coût d’acquisition : 890 000 $.
La STL devient du coup le premier transporteur public au Québec à se porter acquéreur d’un autobus de taille régulière entièrement électrique, a-t-on appris ce matin.
En janvier 2012, "

http://www.designlinecorporation.com/index15.htm

'via Blog this'

Growing Algae for Biodiesel in Alicante, Spain

This technology may be the only way to produce sufficient quantities of fuel for our vehicles. At this time the extraction is expensive ($1.80 per litre see wikipedia) placing the resulting fuel as uneconomical. But the plant in Alicante (video Française) claims to produce at $20 per barrel because they make a great deal of money on the other by-products "pétrole bleu" .Thanks for a great link Garry. Steve.

As demonstrated here, microalgae appear to be the only source of renewable biodiesel that is capable of meeting the global demand for transport fuels. Like plants, microalgae use sunlight to produce oils but they do so more efficiently than crop plants. Oil productivity of many microalgae greatly exceeds the oil productivity of the best producing oil crops. Biodiesel from microalgae. [Biotechnol Adv. 2007 May-Jun] - PubMed result 

Algae cultivation for CO2 sequestration - Oilgae - Oil from Algae

 Algae oils have a variety of commercial and industrial uses, and are extracted through a wide variety of methods. Estimates of the cost to extract oil from microalgae vary, but are likely to be around $1.80 (US$)/kg (compared to $0.50 (US$)/kg for palm oil).^[8] 

Algaculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ScienceDirect - Biotechnology Advances : Biodiesel from microalgae 

HowStuffWorks "Growing Algae for Biodiesel Use"

1. Introduction to How Algae Biodiesel Works
2. What Makes Biodiesel From Algae So Exciting?
3. Algae Biodiesel Engineering: Extracting Oil from Algae

4. Growing Algae for Biodiesel Use
5. The Pros and Cons of Algae Biodiesel
6. Lots More Information
7. See more »

Futuristic Electric Vehicle

This here is the Citroën E-3POD Antistatic design study. Thanks Jacques. Citroën E-3POD Antistatic Concept for a Futuristic Electric Vehicle - Carscoop

Le Trans-Québec Express - Le plus long chemin de fer au monde

Here it is fully detailed, the old dream. Railroads to Nunavik. Steve
"parcourons rapidement le trajet suivi par le plus long chemin de fer au monde."Trajet - Trans-Québec Express - Le plus long chemin de fer au monde

GM Hy-Wire "Car of the Future"

GM Hy-Wire "Car of the Future" Thanks Alex

Charge your electric vehicle. Where?

ChargePoint Network: "Welcome to mychargepoint.net, an easy-to-use network portal for managing your electric fueling experience with the ChargePoint Network.
Need to charge your plug-in electric vehicle? Just find a station near you and start a charging session is with a ChargePass Card."

As the gas pump fades, a new infrastructure emerges for electric vehicles - SmartPlanet

As the gas pump fades, a new infrastructure emerges for electric vehicles - SmartPlanet: "What’s the appeal of the mall or movie theater? Most people are conditioned to making a pitstop to fuel up.

AK: You’ve got a captive customer for a couple of hours. We’re kind of like a gas station, but�we’re concentrating on parking garages in redevelopment areas.

People ask me why I wouldn’t put these in a gas station. Well, I wouldn’t want to spend two hours there!"

Smart traffic lights communicate to fix jams before they happen - SmartPlanet

Smart traffic lights communicate to fix jams before they happen - SmartPlanet: "What if the flow of traffic controls the lights, rather than the lights controlling the flow of traffic?"

Humancar hybrid that runs on arm power

I just don't see myself going to work in this. As for the 100 kmph performance,  show me over a full commute. Thanks Jacques.
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/08/humancar-hybrid-that-runs-on.html

Super-high pressures used to create super battery: 'Most condensed form of energy storage outside of nuclear energy'

Super-high pressures used to create super battery: 'Most condensed form of energy storage outside of nuclear energy': "Using super-high pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth or on a giant planet, Washington State University researchers have created a compact, never-before-seen material capable of storing vast amounts of energy."

Two- and three-dimensional extended solids and metallization of compressed XeF2 : Nature Chemistry : Nature Publishing Group: "At ∼50�GPa, the transparent linear insulating XeF2 transforms into a reddish two-dimensional graphite-like hexagonal layered structure of semiconducting XeF4. Above 70�GPa, it further transforms into a black three-dimensional fluorite-like structure"

New Volkswagen Option?

Electrical Bike spare.

The train that doesn't stop at stations

TECHNOLOGY: The train that never stops at a station
The Train That Never Stops Moving Thanks for the referal Alex.

New design for parking garage

These photos are authentic, though mislabeled. What you actually see above is the interior of a 20-storey car tower in Volkswagen's Autostadt or "car city" in Wolfburg, Germany — basically a car dealership and theme park rolled into one. 'More: Munich Parking Garage (Photos) - Urban Legends

Thanks Alexx

This is the correct  garage mentionned in the "urban legend" Munich Automated Underground Parking System - Road Traffic Technology

Commuting advances

Looks like the future is on super-segways.
Thanks Jacques.
GM Unveils EN-V Segway-Based Concepts for Mega City Dwellers - Carscoop

Transportation Creations

• YikeBike - The world's first super light electric folding bike. | Urban Freedom thanks Alexx

• Forget flying in a jet pack, try this hovercraft (video) - SmartPlanet
  
  
• Ford: Solving the Internet’s ‘last inch’ problem at 70 mph - SmartPlanet

A Country Drives on the LEFT

On Sept. 7, Samoa will stop driving on the right and start driving on the left.

Leftist Triumph in Samoa

Technology on the march - Rent your first Exoskeleton

Finally, a "robot suit" makes it to the market! Well, rental anyway. In Japan, you can rent a suit that helps your aging muscles along. Comfortable? I think not. It would feel like being strapped in mountain climbing gear all day. Useful? Absolutely! It would be way better than a walker.

• Robot Suit for Rent in Japan to Help People Walk - TIME
  $2200 per month. Based on Moore's law, I expect it could be $200 per month in 5 years.
  years price 0  $2,200 2  $1,100 3  $   550 5  $   275 6  $   138
• What's HAL(Hybrid Assistive Limb)? - CYBERDYNE
  
• How it works

Expect clients with deep pockets to buy this, hospitals, physiotherapy clinics, etc. They say they are turning away requests from the military.

Vehicle of the future - eventually

In order to succeed new vehicles must improve in these key areas at the same time. The evolution of each technology is described from current to future "dream" technology. Currently, less than 1% of the energy available in a vehicle is used to move the passenger, 99% is used to move the vehicle and heat the air. Reference

1. Energy Storage -
   Liquid fuel to lithium to Hydrogen
   Comparing the energy density of lithium ion batteries (2.4) to hydrogen (143) shows that hydrogen may be the endgame for storage in a pre-nuclear personal energy storage system. However, the overall picture may move away from Hydrogen due to inefficiencies in production and transportation.
   EEStor Ultracapacitors may soon be of interest due to their very high dielectric materials.
   
2. Energy Source -
   Gasoline to Ethanol to hydrogen to 110 to 220 v from the grid at off peak hours (all night)
   
3. Energy conversion -
   Carburetor to Fuel Injector to fuel cell to direct hydrogen combustion in a generator
   
4. Engine -
   Piston to direct hydrogen generator hybrid
   
5. Weight -
   Steel to Aluminium to Carbon fiber (reduce to 30% of current economy vehicles)
   
6. Size - Tailored to needs will maximize efficiency
   One seater maximizes energy use. BugE
   Two seater for a more interesting trip.
   Place the whole thing on a bus/train for long trips.
   

The Electric Car

Cars I would consider if available, and legal in Canada

1. think, from Norway $20,000 top speed 100 kph, 10 h recharge, 200k autonomy.
   http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/faq.htm?id=10
   3 battery solutions Sodium, Lithium ion, leased!
2. ZapCar Xebra The Xebra Roadster EV - 100 mpc.
   http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/111826
3. ZENN from Canada
   http://www.feelgoodcars.com/
4. TOP TEN LIST you can buy in the USA at autobloggreen
   emerging-technologies Steam
   thoughts on the GM Volt for 2010
5. zapworld cars trucks
6. 2001 Bombardier NEV for sale 60kph 40km
   

Sites keeping up with the Green revolution

1. http://www.evfinder.com/evsites.htm
2. http://www.veva.bc.ca/home/

Stuff in the pipe... dream. Forget the purchase price.

1. Solectria Sunrise* - 373 miles per charge. ('mpc') (cost - £3.50) Forget the purchase price.
   wiki Solectria_Force
   
2. GM EV1 - 225 mpc.
   
3. Nissan Altra EV - 120 mpc..
   
4. Ford Ranger EV - 100 mpc.
   
5. DaimlerChrysler Epic Minivan - 100 mpc.
   This is the electric version of Tony Blair's 'Grand' people-carrier.
   
6. Tzero - 100 mpc. a Ferrari in San Francisco.
   
7. Toyota Rav4 - 125 mpc. replacement battery pack $26,000 US