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January 2010

Jan 30

Hybrid pneumatic engine: a new type of hybrid

A new type of hybrid engine could accelerate the Pneumatic hybrid schema
world-wide spread of hybrid engines in general. The current hybrids with combustion engine and electric engine are very complex, expensive, heavy and have a battery to be taken care of once the car reached its end of life. The new hybrid, developped by Prof. Dr. Lino Guzella and his team at the technical university (ETHZ) in Zurich, uses compressed air to increase the efficiency of a combustion engine. The air would be pumped in a tank when braking and used when accelerating. Read on...

Jan 30

What if... most companies in the world were co-ops?

Co-operatives (co-ops) are companies where most of the customers are also in part the owners of the company. These companies are much harder to sell (a good thing for diversity and keeping jobs around), and their focus automatically is on their customers and less on profit. In short: their whole attitude is different than the ones of large shareholder companies. Read on...

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