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DHL Gogreen Express allows Asia Pacific customers carbon-neutral shipping option


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Delivery services like DHL are very efficient operations that get your package from point A to point B at the lowest possible cost, but the company’s mega-fleet spews CO2 by the truckload. In the Asia Pacific region, DHL has started Gogreen Express to give environmentally conscious shippers the ability to choose carbon-neutral package delivery. Using Gogreen Express is as simple as paying an additional three percent fee on top of the cost of the overall bill. DHL then invests the money into green projects like vehicle technology, solar panels and reforestation. It’s definitely not electric-powered delivery vehicles, but at least it’s a start. There is no word at this time whether the option will be offered here in the U.S.

[Source: Times of India]

 

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Will Consumers Accept Diesels?


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Diesel engines have been widely accepted in Europe for decades, mainly because the oil-burners are much more efficient than their gasoline-powered counterparts. Here in the U.S., however, the loud and smelly performance of diesels in the ’70s and ’80s has left a bad taste that obviously hasn’t gone away. Oklahoma City NBC affiliate KFOR quotes a study by a “well respected” market research firm that says car buyers here in the states still aren’t ready for diesel engines.

When given the choice of hybrids, diesels, hydrogen fuel cells, and biofuels, only six percent of those surveyed thought diesel was a viable fuel source for the future. Furthermore, the same people in the study were under the impression that gasoline-powered cars achieved better fuel economy than diesels. Almost half also thought that diesels were still loud and odorous.

The good news is that the American public has yet to see the diesel marketing campaigns from VW, Honda, Mercedes, and others. If that bearded guy can sell 50 million tubs of Oxy Clean, we’re pretty sure our nation’s auto consumers will give diesel another chance, especially if it comes with the promise of 50 mpg.

[Source: KFOR]


 

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Exhaustburger gives George Foreman a run for his money


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Just last week the Autoblog team showed you how to cook ham and potatoes in your engine bay, and now a group of inventive Iranians have created a device that can cook burgers with your tail pipe. The device was created for the Dining in 2015 competition, and it uses the hot gases from your exhaust to heat up your favorite beef, chicken, or veggie patty without wasting any natural gas or electricity. The clam shell device completely separates the engine’s noxious gas from your burger, too. Unfortunately, in an effort to protect your future meal from the elements, it doesn’t look like there’s a good place for the grease to escape from your beef burger. The end result is likely a fatty yet eco-friendly feast, unless you go veggie, which helps save the world and your arteries. All the Exhaustburger needs is an endorsement from George Foreman and Al Gore, and the meat-heating device will end up dangling from every car in the U.S., unless it’s a Tesla.

[Source: TreeHugger]

 

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