If you’re a high end consumer with an eco conscience you might want to take a look at Belgrave Trust.
The idea is to take your high octane luxury lifestyle (private jets, super cars etc) and offset it in a properly accountable way. An admirable aim.
Based in New York, Belgrave Trust say:
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Welcome to the future! Born in the nation of bicycles and Tulips, Holland, this is the hottest gadget on the market for parents.
This is the Taga, classed as a ‘multifunctional urban vehicle’ and has been designed to suit the demands of modern parenthood and green lifestyle.
It retails for around £1,700 so not for all, but for those who can afford one, be prepared to stop traffic in this.
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We previously covered the Tower Fire from Ecosmart, an Australian company doing some great things with fire place design. The Zeta is the latest in the family to grace the shelves. Designed by John Dimopoulos, director of Geoform, a Design & Architects Firm from Sydney, it is said to have got its name because of its elliptical shape and pays homage to its Greek ‘origins’.
It’ll set you back £8,000 and comes in either Ciocolatta, Nero, Ranch Hide and Latte. It’s made from a clever fusion of timber, leather, stainless steel and glass. It’s fuelled by denatured ethanol, an environmentally friendly, renewable energy.
What with fuel costs going up and down like a yo yo, the Czeers Mk1 solar speedboat could be a cost effective solution to elegant water travel.
The luxury designed 10 metre long Czeers is constructed from carbon fibre and is clad with 14 square metres of photovoltaic cells. This set up powers an electric motor that the manufactures claim will take the Mk1 to 30 knots. Not bad ehh…
If you cherish your silence then the Mk1 also has the added bonus of operating in almost silence - being much quieter than your traditional fossil fueled engine.
We’re not sure on the pricing, but I think we can safely assume a fairly hefty price tag.
As an update to our story about the Microfueler we understand that the E-fuel Corporation have announced the full release of their product called the EFuel100 Microfueler.
E-Fuel Corporation claim that “this will be the first product that allows anyone to reduce their dependency on oil, greatly diminish their carbon footprint and produce fuel for under $1.00 per gallon”
The essence of the Efuel 100 is that it claims to be able to create sufficient ethanol from sugar, yeast and water plus some good old household 110-220 AC current to power your car. If you own your own bar, you might even save a buck or two by refining discarded alcohol to create dirt cheap ethanol for as little as $0.10 per gallon.
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