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McDonald's in North Carolina adds EV charging point

About a decade ago, a lone McDonald's in Phoenix, Arizona installed an electric car charging station in the hopes that one day consumers would be driving to its store on electrons in lieu of fossil fuels. A decade has since passed and most of us still pump dead dinos into our tanks, but at least one McDonald's franchise in Cary, North Carolina is taking another look at electric car charging points. Ric Richards, the owner of the McDonald's in question, is reportedly going green on the new restaurant with eco-friendly materials and ... Read more →

Swedish McDonald's might offer plug-in hybrid stations soon Sebastian Blanco

A book I read a long time ago about the rise of McDonald's in America explained that what Ray Kroc was really interested in was real estate, not hamburgers. The idea being that if you made your food ...

Manila Police to use WVO from McDonalds Jeremy Korzeniewski

Police in Manila, the capitol city of the Philippines, have taken up a cool new effort in order to save some green, though they will be spreading some green in the process. It seems that the Police ...

Panamericana 2006 gets on the road Sebastian Blanco

Apparently, the biodiesel-powered trip from Alaska to the southern tip of South America did start on time last week (see previous posts here and here). The first few daily diary posts are up on the ...

Man or Astroman? bass player does biodiesel Sebastian Blanco

Man or Astroman? was a popular indie band in the mid- and late 1990s. Moving on from their tales of intergalactic alien takeovers, one of the band members, Robert del Bueno has become a staunch ...

McDonald's in North Carolina adds EV charging point 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

About a decade ago, a lone McDonald's in Phoenix, Arizona installed an electric car charging station in the hopes that one day consumers would be driving to its store on electrons in lieu of fossil fuels. A decade has since passed and most of us still pump dead dinos into our tanks, but at least ...

Swedish McDonald's might offer plug-in hybrid stations soon 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

A book I read a long time ago about the rise of McDonald's in America explained that what Ray Kroc was really interested in was real estate, not hamburgers. The idea being that if you made your food available absolutely everywhere, then you would always be an option for people when they got hungry. ...

Manila Police to use WVO from McDonalds 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Police in Manila, the capitol city of the Philippines, have taken up a cool new effort in order to save some green, though they will be spreading some green in the process. It seems that the Police force will be converting its cruisers to run on a mixture of waste vegetable oil (WVO) and diesel ...

Panamericana 2006 gets on the road 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, the biodiesel-powered trip from Alaska to the southern tip of South America did start on time last week (see previous posts here and here). The first few daily diary posts are up on the Panamericana 2006 website. Here's a real brief rundown: May 4 – Sometime after 10 p.m., the ...

Man or Astroman? bass player does biodiesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Man or Astroman? was a popular indie band in the mid- and late 1990s. Moving on from their tales of intergalactic alien takeovers, one of the band members, Robert del Bueno has become a staunch promoter of DIY biodiesel, and Archive.org has a great 5-minute movie on del Bueno and his ...


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