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A truly renewable vehicle comes to the Philippines: coconut oil-fueled bamboo taxi

Making powertrains more efficient is only one part of reducing the environmental impact of vehicles. The energy required to mine and process raw materials into the components that comprise a vehicle and then transport it to the end customer can often amount to a significant fraction of the total energy used to operate the vehicle. In the town of Tabontabon in the Philippines, they have started building new taxis based on renewable materials. The bodywork is made entirely from bamboo. Since bamboo is a grass, it can be harvested and it ... Read more →

Flavio Deslandes - Building greener bicycles using bamboo Jeremy Korzeniewski

Bamboo is an excellent building material. As the fastest growing plant in the world, the long, thin, lightweight stalks of bamboo are useful for a variety of applications, apparently including ...

It's Friday: Japan tries to one-up China in weird-green-car sweepstakes with Bamgoo Domenick Yoney

It's become apparent that the folks who design green cars truly realize that their efforts should stand apart from the crowd. While some trod the tried and true path of bringing sexy back, others ...

Protect your noggin with a bamboo helmet Jeremy Korzeniewski

While it's no secret that bamboo makes for an excellent natural building tool, I've never seen anything quite like this Roof R06 helmet. Sure, I've seen bikes made from bamboo before, so why not ...

How to make bicycles even greener: use bamboo frames! Jeremy Korzeniewski

It may surprise some people that there are so many uses for bamboo. Many structural devices can be made from the material. Including bicycles. Yes, that's right! Not only is bamboo sufficiently ...


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