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India is the second most populous country in the world (China is top of the list) with 1.21 billion people, which represents more than a sixth of the world’s population. And this number is on the rise: the projections show that by 2025, India will surpass China and become the most populous country in the planet.
5 WAYS TO GO GREEN AND SAVE GREEN
Two of the biggest obstacles that prevent people from changing habits and do what’s right for the environment are lack of time and money. We are prepared to make some alterations to our lifestyle as long as it won’t cost us or isn’t too time consuming.
WHISKY BIOFUEL: START-UP IS USING SCOTLAND’S ‘NATURAL RESOURCES’
At the Edinburgh Napier University a star-up is ready to commercialize a process for producing biofuel made from whisky by-products. Initially, Celtic Renewables Ltd will center all of their efforts on Scotland’s £ 4bn malt whisky industry with the purpose of developing biobutanol and other chemicals.
ANIMALS FAIL TO ADAPT AS CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPENNING TO FAST
Over the last 20 years more than 11,000 bird and butterfly species were analyzed in Europe in what is the largest study of its kind. Scientists are now releasing some of the data gathered during that period of time and one of the conclusions is that these species are not keeping up with the pace of climate change.
WOMEN IN CHARGE OF SOLAR POWER
Women are the key players in the developing world these days. Most often than not, they’re the sole driving force behind local and parallel economies, subjected to labor-intensive and unpaid work like in Uganda where 80% of all unpaid workers are women. A report by the World Bank found that they’re also victims of gender discrimination in the formal employment sector. This all happens despite Ugandan women being highly entrepreneurial.
GIANT PLATFORM IN NORTH SEA WILL MAKE WIND POWER MORE EFFICIENT
The North Sea is known to be a prime site for wind development. Several countries have set up wind farms in this location with Great Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and The Netherlands taking the lead in this race for clean energy. The site has great potential and developers are always looking for new ways to make the most of it.
THERMAL BATTERY TO CHILL MILK IN INDIA
Promethean Power Systems is a small startup with a big dream: change lives of poor Indians villagers by helping them keep milk chilled. This simple thing could be a massive revolution for impoverished and isolated people in parts of India where you cannot rely on electric power. Each year in India $10 billion in agricultural produce is lost due to inadequate refrigeration.
COMPANY IS DEVELOPING AN ENGINE THAT RUNS ON LIQUID AIR
It sounds like something out of science fiction, but the Dearman Engine Company is very serious about their invention, which they say will be only second best to cold fusion – an engine that runs on liquid air.
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5 WAYS TO GO GREEN AND SAVE GREEN
Two of the biggest obstacles that prevent people from changing habits and do what’s right for the environment are lack of time and money. We are prepared to make some alterations to our lifestyle as long as it won’t cost us or isn’t too time consuming.
