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Turn those blister packs into fuel with the Envion oil generator

It's no secret that we generate a phenomenal amount of garbage, especially here in the United States, and a lot of that trash consists of plastics. Plastics hit us in a number of ways. Most plastics are are produced, at least in part, from petroleum and the plastics don't decompose when put it in the ground. Now, there may finally be a solution that addresses both sides of that equation (one that doesn't consider the idea of using less plastic). Envion has created an oil generator that consumes plastics and cracks them in a vacuum to ... Read more →

Coming Soon to an Automobile Near You: Plastic engines? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Automakers and consumers alike all want lighter cars. "Adding lightness" has a lot of desirable effects, most notably in overall fuel efficiency and performance. While numerous efforts have been made ...

Mazda technology to help cut down the use of plastic in cars Jeremy Korzeniewski

The next time you open your door and get in your car, take note of the amount of plastic that makes up your vehicle. Chances are, if it was made in the last fifty years at least, that there is a ...

LA Auto Show videos: Lohner Porsche, Hyundai's QarmaQ Lascelles Linton

The video above is Wolfgang Durheimer, Porsche's chief engineer, talking about the Lohner Porsche at the 2007 LA Auto Show. The Lohner was invented and patented by Porsche's founder Ferdinand Porsche ...

Geneva Motor Show: Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ plastic concept Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept. Click here to see Autoblog's much larger gallery. We reported on Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept back ...


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