Greenest car list: Honda takes 4 positions on the list

The American Council for Energy Efficient Economy's Green Book Online , an environmental guide to cars and trucks recently published that Honda vehicles are the "greenest cars" with 4 of Honda's cars on the list of 12. The title of "greenest vehicle" was given to Honda's natural gas Civic GX which won this title the second time in a row.

The greenest car list are:

1. Honda Civic GX
2. Toyota Prius
3. Honda Civic Hybrid
4. Smart Fortwo convertible/coupe
5. Honda Insight
6. Ford Fusion Hybrid/Mercury Milan Hybrid
7. Toyota Yaris
8. Nissan Altima Hybrid
9. Mini Cooper
10. Chevrolet Cobalt XFE/Pontiac G5 XFE
11. Hyundai Accent Blue
12. Honda Fit

The least greenest cars are:

1. Lamborghini Murcielago/Murcielago Roadster
2. Bugatti Veyron
3. Bentley Azure/Brooklands
4. Maybach 57S
5. Dodge Ram 2500 Mega Cab
6. Ford F-250
7. Bentley Continental GTC/Continental Flying Spur
8. Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
9. Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG
10. Chevrolet Suburban K2500
11. GMC Yukon K2500
12. Mercedes-Benz G550

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Hybrids are a quick fix: Jeremy Clarkson

I was going through the December issue of Top Gear and found Jeremy Clarkson's article on hybrids to be kind of true. Now we all know that Top Gear hates green cars or anything to do with the environment. However over the last two or three seasons there were actually praising green cars such as the Honda FCX Clarity and the Telsa Sports car but this article is different.

I believe that what he mentioned was true, that hybrids are a quite fix and it will not solve the problem. Going through the article also made my realize whether all these car companies introducing green cars are actually saving the environment or creating a similar catalytic converter mentioned by JC for the future, a short fix but some 30-40 years down the line, you end up having the same problem but in a different scenario. So what will you be doing now with the Detroit Auto Show showcasing the future of green cars, will you be buying green cars? Honestly thinking about this is really putting me in a difficult position.

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Wind Turbines to stand tall along British coastline

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken one of the largest initiatives by giving major contracts to energy companies to erect thousands of wind turbines along the British coastline of around 7,500 miles.

The total investment of the project is to be likely $120 billion. Get to know more about here.

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DHS Motors unveils Honda Hybrid in Dhaka

On December 6th 2009, DHS Motors Ltd., the local dealership of Honda Motor Cars in Bangladesh have unveiled the Honda Civic Hybrid. I did a review about it some two years back. Anyways let me give a heads up again. The car has a 1.3 litre three-stage i-VTEC engine with integrated motor assist (IMA system) which uses a petrol engine as the primary engine.

The car has some nice nifty features. I drove the 2006 Japanese Honda Civic although it was the 1.8 litre petrol engine, the hybrid is based on that model. The Honda Civic is a very good car overall. Its a very fun car to drive, the ride height of the car is perfect and for some reason, the car wants you to drive it, it just appeals to you. If you are a passenger, its comfortable for long drives, good suspension, you do not notice the bumps and for Bangladesh roads its good.

So far DHS Motors have brought 10 hybrids and are planning to bring more of it. It is cheaper than the standard Honda Civic and DHS Motors will provide after sales service.

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China to invest $5bn on solar power farms

China, the world's largest greenhouse emitter has signed a deal with eSolar Inc. to invest in solar power plants. China has overtaken US as the largest emitter in CO2 and China has pledged that they intend to reduce their emissions.

Solar thermal power farms will generate a capacity of 2000MW. This is a great effort by China as they are still considered as a developing economy so they do not have to agree with global bindings to reduce CO2 emissions. But since they have surpassed US, this project will be many more of green projects to come from China.

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Office gets solar charged

In the effort to promote greener initiatives in Bangladesh, the Prime Minister's office installed a solar power system, the first of its kind in the country. In Bangladesh, the solar industry is basically used in rural regions as electricity is not supplied at those regions due to lack of infrastructure , solar energy is the most feasible option.

Currently it is used on trail basis and has a generating capacity of 21.6 kilowatts. Bangladesh is in the list of most vulnerable countries due to climate change and the government is trying to promote greener solutions.

After allocating Tk.200 crore for low cost revolving fund for greener projects, the Bangladesh Bank has also decided to power their headquarters with solar energy.

The system installed at the Prime Minister's office is done by a private company Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd(RRE). I will do a post on RRE soon.

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Portland Fashion Week: Eco-sustainable production

"Portland Fashion Week is the world's only comprehensive eco-sustainable production of a fashion week featuring both independent and eco-culture urban-casual, street and activewear from all over North America and internationally." This is what Portland Fashion Week (PFW) states about themselves. Time to get to know a bit more.

PSW vision basically focuses on eco-responsible fashion and their objective is to draw as many people through Art, Commerce and Sustainability. The last fashion week was held on October 7-11 2009 bringing in the Spring/Summer 2010 collections. They actually have made a quite a move to sustainability as I seen from their media kit. Most of the paper supplied are made from recycled paper( nothing new about that but still), food being served on corn cups, eco-friendly products being used. An overall green production. Portland is honored as "The Country's No. 1 Sustainable city." PFW is quite old with its inception in 2003, the second longest running fashion week on the West Coast.

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ICBEN 2010: 4th Jan

I continue this from my previous post on ICBEN 2010. For me through out the entire winter season so far, the 4th of Jan was a killer. It was bloody cold. To top that of, I had to wake up early in the morning to grab my second rapporteur session. This session was on "Sustainable Agriculture." I was late for the session by half an hour but I think I did not miss much. It was boring to tell you the truth, did not find anything interesting.

After submitting my rapporteur assignment, I decided to head for another session which I did not have any responsibility, so I went their as a participant. The session was on "Climate Change and Bangladesh Environment." There was talk about Copenhagen and a small argument broke out among the session. It was controlled some insults thrown about but overall it was good.

There was a bit of mismanagement among the organizers but overall the entire conference was a good learning experience and thumbs up!

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6 ways to make your house greener

From the beginning of this year, England and Wales have made new building regulations where buildings have to become more energy efficient. They have come up with six ways you can make your house a bit more greener.

Although most of these are applicable to Western countries the last few can be applied to most people around the world. Check the list here.

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ICBEN 2010

A two day International Conference Bangladesh Environment Network (ICBEN) started today, 3rd January 2010. The organizers were BAPA(Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon) and BEN(Bangladesh Environment Network) and a host of co-organizers which were mainly public and private universities of Bangladesh. The conference was focused on topics based on Climate Change and Bangladesh Environment.

I was assigned as a rapporteur for BAPA for a technical session on Energy, Environment and Policy on the 3rd. On the 4th I am assigned for Sustainable Agriculture. So far the session was good today. I attended a similar round-table discussion on this topic about four months back so it was kind of review for me. Although there were some recommendations made by the speakers which will be proposed to the government.


Hope the session tomorrow 4th will be interesting. I will update you about the session held on the 4th of January 2010. You can more details at the BAPA website here.

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Happy New Year 2010

A Happy New Year to all of you and hope that we can look forward to a better decade.

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