New Delhi is a city that hasn’t been blessed with Hummers or Escalades for transportation.

Instead, it has used the wooden rickshaw to transport people and products throughout its overcrowded and very narrow streets for years.

But now, thanks to the state-run Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), one of the city’s busiest streets will premiere a new solar-powered rickshaw.

It’s called the “soleckshaw,” and it’s amazing because it:

• Will be powered by a 36-volt solar battery that lasts up to 42 miles
• Has a sturdier frame
• Has foam seats that sit up to 3 passengers

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Riding a bike is by far one of the most eco-friendly ways to travel. So can you imagine going a step beyond producing zero carbon emissions to actually absorbing the other CO2 emissions around you?

That’s the purpose behind the Eco-Bike. It was actually created for a competition in the Design21: Social Design Network.

This bike has built-in planters that rest above the wheels, which you can flip down when the plants need water and sunlight. The pedals actually hold the planters up. Then you can flip the planters back up when you want to ride the bike.

Talk about the epitome of great exercise and oxygen circulation!

Sounds like the perfect idea for an eco-date: A nice bike ride, a stop in a local park and giving your date flowers from your bike garden.

Just make sure that you plant flowers and not poison ivy.

Riding a bike is one of the most eco-friendly ways to get from one place to another, especially if you live on a college campus or a bustling city with lots of traffic. It requires no fuel, creates no carbon emissions and actually gives you a nice workout.

So for those mornings and evenings when you’re riding to and from work or class and it’s still dark outside, instead of strapping a flashlight to your helmet or wearing a reflective vest, how about going for style and safety with the Puma Glow Rider.

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Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to drive to your parents’ house on the weekend, or take a trip to the beach with your best buddies, without worrying if you’ll have enough money to make it back?

Today’s gas prices are out of control, and they’re going to be that way for at least another year.

So I got to thinking about how nice it would be if we had some modes of long distance transportation that didn’t rely on non-renewable resources. Like the cool cars and gadgets we’ve seen in some of our favorite movies.

I decided to make a list of the “Top 5 Pop Culture Vehicles That Don’t Use $4 Per Gallon of Gas and Pollute the Air with Carbon Dioxide.”

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I was a child of the 80’s, so of course I loved The Transformers. So you could imagine my surprise (as well as everyone else’s in the free world), when we learned that that live action movie was coming out.

Of course I went to see it, and thought it was a fun-filled ride back to my childhood with dazzling special effects and a funny Bernie Mac as the most annoying car salesman in the world.

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