Articles tagged with: Japan
Posted in Energy, Environment, Power, Solar, Wind on 3 September 2008
If thinking out of the box is your cup of tea then Japan is the land for you. People there surely think out of the box even when they do not need to and ‘tea’ is pretty much all you will get their to drink. Japan is a land that has been known for its amazing new creations and amalgamation of electronic perfection with spectacular new gadgets. But here is an idea by the Japanese that is both needed and welcome. The spectacular Eco-Rigs to adorn Japan’s Coastline would soon make a mighty power source of free energy.
Huge Village-sized floating Eco-Rigs would soon float close to the Japanese shore to generate clean power for the country. These humongous structures would be fitted with both wind turbines and wide solar panels to produce energy in more ways than just one. While the 2 km by 800 meters solar base would be busy turning the power of the sun in to electricity, the wind turbine blades would be swirling around to power up Japan further.
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Posted in Energy, Power, Solar on 3 September 2008
So what exactly is ‘Solar Cogeneration Power’? That is probably something that we should clear out first and foremost before getting in to the meat of the matter. It is quite simple actually and it just means that solar power will help power the engine to a partial extent. Why are we so bothered about that one little term when we have such a huge story unfolding before us? Simply because it very cleverly hides the fact that this Solar Powered Cargo ship will probably be powered by solar energy to a very little extent. I would be surprised if it was even 10% of the total power required to power a cargo ship.
Posted in Environment, Global warming, Technology on 30 August 2008
Global warming is probably the single-most famous term that does round in the eco-world and even outside it. Thanks to the efforts of high profile men like Al Gore, you have the whole world sitting up and taking notice. One of the most important ways of solving this impending catastrophe is by reducing and if possible eliminating Carbon emissions. While it is easier said than done, it seems that many architects and firms across the planet are putting in some serious efforts in that direction.
Posted in Automobiles, Car, Companies, Earth, Eco-Friendly, Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Fuel, Gas, Go green, Pollution, Power, Technology, government on 21 August 2008
Clean diesel car buyers in Japan will now be rewarded incentives by the next fiscal year. The government is looking to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and is willing to go the extra mile for those who help them achieve their goal. And it’s certainly not the first time Japan will be doing so. If you remember way back in 1998, the Japanese government offered consumer incentives on hybrid cars for nine years to promote gasoline-electric vehicles when they were first launched.
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Posted in Animals, Ocean, government, water on 18 August 2008
Anti-whaling activists are facing a hard time in Japan. Apparently, the authorities are miffed with the brouhaha they have created and have released arrest warrants for three of them (two Americans and a Briton from the Sea Shepherd group), who are believed to be a part of the heated clash with Tokyo’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean last year.
Posted in Animals, World on 13 August 2008
Sometime back we heard that actor Hayden Panettiere was issued an arrest warrant in Japan and was no longer welcome in the country. Well we heard the whole story only now and thought of sharing it with you. Actually, Hayden along with other animal rights activists had gone to the whaling town of Taiji in Japan to protest against the slaughter of dolphins. So the whole series of events.
Posted in Automobiles, Car, Cells, Eco-Friendly, Eco-friendly products, Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Fuel, concept on 6 August 2008
Hollywood actor Jamie Lee Curtis aka ‘Wanda’ has set an example to the world with her Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell car. She and her husband Christopher Guest are the second couple after Ron Yerxa and Annette Ballester to do so in Southern California. Though I must mention that the hydrogen fuel is a topic of debate but everyone will agree that Honda’s most recent fuel sedan isn’t better than the first one. However, the latest fuel car is extremely stylish with its electricity-generating fuel cell stack. Curtis herself admitted so by saying that she “wasn’t expecting the car to be so luxurious”. “I love the interior layout, design and access to controls. It is a user-friendly vehicle and is very modern,” she exclaimed happily.
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Eco-friendly products, Green on 5 July 2008
The land of rising sun- Japan brings a new fluorescent lamp. This one’s not the run-of-the-mill kinds for it is made in a manner where the bulb of the lamp can be separated into lighting circuit unit and an arc tube unit. This bulb-shaped lamp is an outcome of JV between Hitachi Lighting Ltd and Seiyo Company Ltd. It truly represents that joint ventures between two biggies of the industry can be so eco-friendly! The USP of the product is its power saving feature. The design being such that it requires approximately 1/5th of the amount of copper used in lighting circuit in previous bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp produced by Hitachi. Less copper and more lighting. Wow!
Other features include a shelf life of 10,000 hours. Since the arc tube unit is replaceable, the lighting circuit unit can be repeatedly used. This unit has an overall life of about 30,000 hrs. What’s more? The arc tube can be replaced three times for one lighting circuit unit.
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Eco-friendly products, Environment on 4 July 2008
Today a new feather has been added in the cap of Japan’s innovativeness with the commencement of shipping of “Zero” (line of eco-friendly products) by Strapya World. The company believes in the concept of sustainable society and has thus launched a range of cellphone cases, cleaners and straps that are recycled from tyre tubes!!!
Posted in Animals, Environment on 29 June 2008
All is not well for the Japanese firefly. So far, it was considered that only big bats, great apes, whales and other big animals were being hunted and poached by humans. Now, even insects are not safe. The news from Japan confirms this. Fireflies in Japan are being facing an extinction threat posed not by predatory birds, pesticides and insecticides but by human poachers.
In Japan, the insect is regarded more than just a tiny creature. It’s a source of inspiration for Haiku (traditional poem of Japan). The firefly is kept as a pet by children and the ancients believe it to be the souls of dead Kamikaze pilots. In a country known for its artistically sensitive people, fireflies are known to be a cultural symbol.