The last time I got the bill at a restaurant, I thought they were taking the urine, but not quite in the way that one restaurant at Melbourne’s Food & Wine festival will shortly be.
What’s more important? Green technology products that will do minimum impact to the environment? Or cheaper products that use more resources and are harder to recycle? A recent study from Panasonic and Macquarie University has shown that when it comes to actually spending money on Green Technology, Australians are a lot more interested in the green inside their wallets.
Dirt and dust can reduce a solar panel’s efficiency as much as 80%. The solution: solar panels that dust themselves, a trick they’re picking up from their Mars-roving brethren.
Where do 747s go when they die? In this particular case: Malibu, to become a luxury home. And that’s not just a flight of fancy – the construction is on pace to be completed later this year. A closer look: