So you wanna see ’green’ cars of the future? How about a an algae-filled Hummer or a Volkswagen that can dissolve and rebuild itself? These are among the ideas presented by car designers for a Los Angeles Auto Show competition.
See http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/11/01/green_concepts/index.html for more details
The eastside of the Willamette River may one day have a new look, as an advisory group tinkers with the idea of diverting I-5 into a tunnel that would run under parts of SE Portland, from the Marquam Bridge to the I-84 interchange. The construction of the tunnel would allow for the interstate ramps along the east bank of the Willamette to be [...]
Portland government and private business took a strong stance at the annual InterBike conference held in Las Vegas, Sept. 24-27th. InterBike, one of the largest bike-industry conferences in the world, is highly technical consisting of seminars, outdoor demonstration and vendors from across the country. Maria Thi Mai, Sam Adams’ senior policy director, attended the event [...]
Portland may soon see many more of its public vehicles running off of biodiesel. In a recent trip to Eastern Oregon, City Commissioner Randy Leonard made a tentative deal with the Pendleton Grain Growers cooperative to purchase biodiesel with which to fuel many of the diesel engine cars and trucks that the city operates. With 99 percent of the Water Bureau’s [...]
