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Israeli Electric Cars on the Fast Track – Says Company’s Power Supplier

This guy (Maurice) will have to wait till 2012 to have an electric car Contrary to reservations being made about the Better Place...

Critics Fear Better Place Is “Charging” A Monopoly

EV's phone home: While charging EV's at home are most convenient, the Israeli EV company is going for a monopoly - making customers charge...

13 “Better Place” Cars Hit the Streets of Israel To Test “Charge”

With all the hype, 13 Better Place EV cars are finally being imported in Israel to test charge spots. They are being tested as...

Will This Year’s Hajj Pilgrimage be Greener Than Ever?

Even with the completion of the "Mekkah Metro" scenes like this are bound to continue during the Hajj for years to come. As the 2010...

Ungreen News: Israeli PM Travels in Million-Dollar Armored Audi

A green choice? Fit for a Mexican drug lord, with cigar moistener, the outside view of the Israeli PM's new Audi A-8 Security. Worth...

San Francisco Taxis Make The Switch To Better Place Electric Vehicles

San Francisco plans to join the EV fray with an electrified taxi fleet. In the short-term, electric vehicles (EVs) aren't so sustainable. Although they...

Tel Aviv Light Rail Train Chugs Away, Slowly

Will Tel Aviv's much-needed light rail train, ever, we ask again, ever, come to light? After more than 30 years of planning, and on-off...

Will Israel be a Leader in Introducing Electric Cars? Ask the Tax Man!

There's more involved in running an electric car in Israel than just the electricity. The year 2011 is deemed by some to be the...

Better Place Gets a “Charge” With GE Partnership

GE's  handsome designer car charging post the Watt Station even "talks" to drivers! Entrepreneur Shai Agassi's Better Place electric car battery exchange infrastructure projects will...

Tel Aviv Will Ban Trucks During Morning Rush Hour to Reduce Congestion

Will a simple morning truck ban solve Tel Aviv's traffic problems, or is the problem much more complicated? Anyone driving into Tel Aviv on a...

Denmark Prepares to (Slowly) Enter Electric Car Network

Better Place taxicab debut in Tokyo. A rollout of exchange spots is planned for Denmark. Better Place's battery exchange network will be launched soon in...

10 Hyper-Miling Techniques for Greener Driving

Your mileage can vary —with driving techniques that save fuel. Here at Green Prophet, we’re in favor of increasing “green” mass transportation and reducing...

Traffic Accident Deaths In Iran Could Push Greener Transport

Many accidents occur because of deficiency or lack of safety facilities in the car. Producing cars with seatbelts have been obligatory for Iranian car producers since 1999. But most of the cars that were produced before that date do not have seat belts.

Egyptian Bike Rack Design Competition Part of 350.org’s Global Climate Change Work Party

The (designing) pen is mightier than the sword - protest climate change by thinking of cool bike rack designs. To protest the rise of greenhouse...

Segway Owner Dies in Freak Accident – by Segway

Death by Segway: Jimi Heselden, owner of Segway, dies in a freak accident. They are used in Tel Aviv as a novel way to...

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

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Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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