Sunday, October 24, 2010

Sustainability & Autos

There is not one true road to using less resources. Many car designers and manufacturers have focused their efforts on creating electric or gas-electric solutions to using less petrol in day to day usage. These efforts are not the only direction. Toyota built a 200 million dollar factory just to produce batteries. Mazda has taken a different tact. They put their efforts into making a better gas engine and a lighter space frame for the car. Here is an article reviewing the subject.

Fitting in

There is a great pressure to fit in, be the same, look the same, use existing standards. Building codes reinforce the fitting in strategy of...