Just What We Needed Dept: A Gas-Powered Snowboard

The Mattracks Powerboard speeds up to 18 MPH, powered by a 200CC 4 cycle engine. My first reaction was “yeah, right, who needs this?” but in fact, there isn’t much good that can be said about driving two hours to get to a hill where you are electrically winched up to the top of a hill covered by artificial snow, so maybe this isn’t as bad as it looks at first glance

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Just What We Needed Dept: A Gas-Powered Snowboard

Tar Sands Are Misplaced Money – Same Amount Could Decarbonize Europe or Lift Nations Out of Poverty

photo: Danielle Scott via flickr. I hope I need not tell you that the development of the Canadian tar sands is an unmitigated environmental disaster . We’ve gone over that one at least a dozen times.

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Tar Sands Are Misplaced Money – Same Amount Could Decarbonize Europe or Lift Nations Out of Poverty

Atomic’s Snowboard Slides in Another Award for Their Renu Initiative

Photo: ISPO Still they come, Those ISPO Eco Responsibility Award winners. here we look at Austrian ski company Atomic. They picked up the award for way they designed and produced their Poacher Renu split snowboard, with its wood core, jute layering and water-based top-coat lacquer

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Atomic’s Snowboard Slides in Another Award for Their Renu Initiative