Eco-conscious Transport

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With rising fuel bills and climate change’s burgeoning woes, the need for carbon neutral and cheaper transport has never been more important. Masdar City Auto Pods We start with the futuristic Masdar City under construction in Abu Dhabi.  Set to be the first carbon neutral, waste free eco city, this development also hosts the first trackless (and driver-less!) Personal Transport System. These 4 seater Auto Pods will take you wherever you want to go with no traffic jams or unnecessary and wasteful stops and starts. Now, back to the more everyday idea of eco-conscious transport – … [Read more...]

10 Places to survive a zombie Apocalypse – in Wales

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When it comes to surviving an insurgence of the undead your location could well be either your saviour or your downfall. You need somewhere with plenty of space, good vantage points, food that is either canned or fresh that you can grow or catch and you could also do with some sort of strong holding. My first look at a contained area that would be ideal for a zombie outbreak was the UK, but i wanted to reduce it to one place... so I chose Wales. Zombie Safe Zone Map View Places in Wales to defend from a Zombie Apocalypse in a larger map Wales is well known for many things from singing to … [Read more...]

Alaska Mount Redoubt Eruptions

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Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted six times, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years. Residents in the state's largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust fell Monday morning on small communities north of Anchorage."It's coming down," Rita Jackson, 56, said Monday morning at a 24-hour grocery store in Willow, about 50 miles north of Anchorage. She slid her fingers across the hood of her car, through a dusting of ash. Ash from Alaska's volcanos is like a rock fragment with jagged edges … [Read more...]