Inhabitat’s Week in Green: of pedal-powered submarines & soda-powered fuel cells
Each week our friends @ Inhabitat recap the week’s most interest`g green developments & clean tech news 4 us — it’s the Week in Green. This week, California saw the tremendous boost 4 solar power as the nation’s 1st solar thermal plant in 2 decades`s approved 4 Kern County. V also saw several incredible new approaches to generat`g alternative energy as researchers took crucial steps towards tapp`g the skies 4 lightn`g power & scientists unveiled the fuel cell battery Z can B powered by soda . & if U can barely contain yourself @ the prospect of pop-powered batteries, relax — the team of scientists`s also work`g on us`g urine to create low-cost fuel cells . This week V also watched green transportation take the plunge beneath the sea as French engineers unveiled an awesome pedal-powered submarine . Our neighbors to the north also broke news as students @ the University of British Columbia embarked upon the record-sett`g trip across Canada in an electrified VW Beetle & 3 Canadian schools announced plans to create the car out of cannabis – hopefully it doesn’t go up in smoke. Finally, V took the (sobering) look @ the havoc Z poor public transportation plann`g can wreak: the massive traffic jam in China Z extended 4 more than 60 miles & 9 days. Speak`g of students, here R the few projects to get U energized 4 the com`g school year: the German tank armory`s recently transformed into an ultra-modern solar-powered school , & V showcased some of the world’s most incredible student-built structures . In other news, V brought U 2 dispatches from the realm of wearable tech – the new energy-harvest`g film Z could wire your wardrobe & the line of cloth`g Z lets U send & receive phone calls . Can U hear me now
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