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Cool cycling 1
Love the feeling of the wind in your hair as you cycle helmet-free? No? Good – because that’s illegal in this country.
Would you cycle with one of these?
I snapped this guy on the way home from work the other day – what do you think? That looks kind of cool to me. If you've ever seen photos from Denmark you'll know that basically ...
Today's hippies
Reader submittedTo cycle in the city today is to be happy, fit and trendy. It is the hippiness of the '60s. It is sexy, fun, easy and a protest against overly confident drivers who dominate our ...
Dutch plane flying on cooking oil!
Reader submittedCool stuff, just read that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines now has a Boeing 777-200 that is flying on recycled cooking oil! It did a seven hour and 17 minute flight from New York to Amsterdam using sustainable biofuels. ...
Build your own electric car!
An intriguing letter from a reader, Mike: "Great to see you give electric vehicles a mention. Their many advantages are becoming more obvious as our planet warms but current choices are still too dear for most ...
A question for the drivers out there...
What's greener: manual transmission or automatic? Here's what the Treehugger website says. What's your view? Does the age of your car make a difference? (And does my seriously underpowered Toyota Starlet count as a green car?)
Petrol-free car
The (100% electric, petrol-free) Nissan Leaf is here! Who out there has one? Anyone? We'd love to hear! www.nissan.co.nz/zero-emission-electric/leaf/