Work is nearing completion on the world’s first commercial spaceport that will take private passengers into the great beyond. The facility being built in New Mexico has it’s first tenant. Virgin Galactic will offer sub-orbital spaceflights to the public with reservations being taken now for the $200,000 flights that are expected to begin sometime in 2012. Source Link
The new Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid is using recycled materials from an unlikely source. GM says some parts of the car will be made from plastic booms that were used to contain oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill. The automaker will collect enough polluted plastic off the Gulf coast to supply parts for the first year of the Volt’s production. Source Link
If you think you’re helping the environment by using an artificial Christmas tree every year rather than a real one, you may want to think again. A study says with carbon emissions that come from the manufacturing process, you’d have to use that artificial tree for 20 years to equal the minimal environmental impact of cutting down a real tree each year. Source Link
