With the talk of Peak Oil being at our front door, if not already in the sitting room, there can be no denying the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for transport. But the uptake of alternative fuel vehicles has been slow, with the overriding limiting factor in weaning an automotive culture from non-renewable energy sources being one of alternatives in that there really aren't (m)any.

When companies like Toyota started to unveil hybrids to general public in the mids 90s, many consumers saw this as an answer in their quest to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. But for others the fact that hybrids carried a premium price tag and really did not have very impressive highway fuel economy meant that they were not a viable alternative to green motoring.

But with the advent of vehicles such as the Tesla and now the much heralded Mini E, the once forgotten Electric Vehicle seems on the verge on main stream motoring...

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The weekend is finally here and I thought I would try my hand at a truly irrelevant post which is nothing more than ramblings about the week. What blog is complete without such a post?

But it’s been a busy but fun week spent mainly in the company of Miss Eco-Boudoir and our Mister E, chaser of brunettes and crasher of doors, which really must be noted down if only to comment on Mister E’s social life...

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I was recently reading some online reports and it appears that our sink is starting to get clogged and no I am not talking about the sink in our kitchen either, but rather our public sink of which the repercussions most of us don't yet fully appreciate.

For those of you who still don't understand what I am talking about, I am referring to both the Ocean and Terrestial Sinks, the two primary natural Carbon Sinks, which act as reservoirs of carbon by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a process called carbon sequestration.

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It seems like every car manufacturer is out there to prove that they can make a greener and more eco-friendly car. Though for the most part this has been focused on fuel consumption - creating hybrids, evs or hydrogen powered machines. Technologies which many would say are merely pushing the issues of negative impact around so that the cars look better but without actually reducing impact in the larger scheme of things.

But Lotus, who were involved in the design of the Tesla ev, have recently unveiled what really is a forward looking car which not only takes a more systemic approach to car design but also creates something which will actually make petrolheads go wow.

Welcome the Lotus "Eco Elise" concept car.

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I was recently chatting with the lovely Leonora from Treehugger about the greenness of green and how many of the companies which are generally considered green are being criticised for not being as green as they perhaps could be.

And this bothers me.

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