Lamborghini unveils its first hybrid car

In the past, the sports cars were synonymous with speed, luxury and money, but not of sustainability. However, this paradigm is changing and there are many State-of-the-art sports brands that begin to produce more sustainable models.

Now it is time of the Lamborghini reveal their first hybrid car: the Asterion LPI 910-4. The Asterion, presented at the Paris Motor Show 2014, is powered by the new plug-in hybrid system of Lamborghini, which combines a 5.2 liter V10 Engine with three electric motors.

In total there are 910 horsepower and requirements to make the Asterion LPI 910-4 in a top of the range sports car are all there: go to 100 km/h in three seconds, until it reaches a top speed of 320 km/h. The sustainable part lies in the fact that can travel up to 50 km in electric mode, more than most hybrids on the market, such as the Ford Fusion Hybrid and the Honda Accord Energi plug-in Hybrid. In electric mode it is possible to reach speeds of up to 125 km/h.

When Asterion LPI 910-4, Lamborghini showed no production plans, referred to in Inhabitat. But most likely between in production next year.

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Former oil Executive confirmed as the new European Commissioner for environment

Not even half a million people who signed a petition against Miguel Arias Canete managed to prevent the Spanish politician was appointed European Commissioner for environment. According to Green, the former Business Executive and shareholders of two Spanish oil companies benefited from a pact between the center-left and right-wing parties, which saw the former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Alenka Bratusek, excluded for the post.

However, and according to the site, the agreement meant that the words "sustainability, climate action and energy" were added to the functions of Frans Timmermans, who was appointed to the post of First Vice-President of the Commission and, in practice, is head of Cañete.

Like Green Savers announced in September, Cañete has shares of Ducor S.L. and Petrologis Canarias S.L. at the date of your last declaration of interests, in 2010. The appointment of the politician, who was Minister of agriculture in Spain, was criticized by several members of the Committee on the environment, including the German Jo Leinen.

More recently, a petition launched on Avaaz tried pressing the European Commission to rename your responsible for Environment folder, without success. "Today, MEPs have betrayed our hopes and put a ' head-to-head ' oil in front of Police European Climate," said Luis Morago, campaigns director of Avaaz. "The leaders of the Socialists and Democrats broke their promises and none heard European voters".

Yesterday, it is recalled, the European Union approved public funding for a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, United Kingdom, allowing a whole new trend of building this infrastructure with public money.

Photo: José Loaiza / Creative Commons

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Chile: an eco-friendly hotel overlooking the volcanoes

Located in Isla Chiloe, a well-known Chilean Island North of the Patagonia, the hotel Espejo de Luna is of those who do not forget. In addition to its main building, the ecological and the restaurant were dug inside the hull of a ship. According to Inhabitat, the other four structures were built with local materials and designed to stop having a reduced environmental impact.

The complex consists of four wooden cabins of different sizes, as well as a boat-shaped restaurant â€" the one. To keep carbon emissions at low levels, the architects used local wood â€" the restaurant also seeks to use local produce wherever possible, avoiding unnecessary transport. The hotel also has mechanisms for saving water and energy.

The cabins have private bathrooms, kitchens and living rooms, offering breathtaking views of Corcovado Mountain and the volcanoes of Chaitén and Michinmahuida. Visitors can also rent bikes and go for themselves the nature trails.

The Espejo de Luna received sustainable tourism Seal issued by the Government of Chile, in 2013, but the management holds twice-yearly plans for protecting the environment and reducing the carbon footprint of buildings.

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European biologists discover Grail of biodiversity in Tanzania

A team of European biologists, led by the Italians of the MUSE, Science Museum of Trento, 27 new species discovered in a remote area of Tanzania, the Eastern Arc mountains. The species were discovered between 2005 and 2009 in a location that is a true Grail of biodiversity â€" a "hotspot", as you call The Dodo.

So, they discovered a chameleon with Golden scales, a large legs mammal that resembles a miniature of this elephant of Salvador Dali and numerous other animals not found anywhere else in the world.

Of these animals, 23 are reptiles or amphibians. "There are very old animals. There are strains with more than 100 million years ", explained to The Dodo Michele Marippody, a biologist of MUSE.

According to another of the responsible of the project, Francesco Rovero, the area must be protected. "These discoveries allows the Governments of Tanzania and Kenya, among other agencies involved in the protection of forests, recommendations regarding management [the site], one of which is to renew the candidacy of these mountains to the list of UNESCO World Heritage," he explained.

The discovery was announced in newspaper Diversity and Discovery.

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Madrid banning motor traffic in the center of the city in 2015

The city of Madrid will ban motor traffic in the city centre from January 2015. So, only the residents ' vehicles may circulate in this historic area.

The announcement was made by the Mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, who explained that the car restriction will be applied to an area of 190 acres, where may only circulate the vehicles of residents.

Second minus one Car, and to ensure that the measure will be carried out, the city will install 22 new security cameras. Anyone caught irregularly circular will be fined €90 ($ 276). The goal is to reduce by one third the traffic on the central areas of the city.

The strategy integrates the mobility plan of Madrid, which aims to reduce the number of private vehicles on the streets, as well as to encourage public transportation, the use of bicycles and walking.

The Spanish authority announced that it undertook to increase the price of parking meters for the most polluting vehicles in the most congested areas of the city and which were reduced speed limits in the central area's entry for 21 km/h.

The project will cost € 500 thousand per year maintenance and has not yet new rules for other vehicles. These bikes will have access free of 7:0 at 10:0 pm, every day â€" and the pickup trucks of goods can supply local trades of 10:0 at 1:0 pm.

See the map of the prohibited areas from 1 January.

Foto: M.Peinado / Creative Commons

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Bruges: brewery will build an underground pipeline to remove trucks from the road

The municipality of Bruges, in Belgium, recently gave permission to the brewery De Halve Maan brewery to build an underground conduit for transporting beer. The aim is to connect the production plant, in the city centre, the bottling unit, on the outskirts of Bruges.

According to the executive director of the brewery, Xavier Vanneste, conduct, in polyethylene pipes, will have about three miles, which are traversed by the 15 minutes between 10 beer. Per hour should reach the bottling unit approximately 6,000 liters.

The construction of the conduct will be entirely funded by a producer of beer and will allow removing hundreds of trucks off the roads from Bruges, avoiding emissions of greenhouse gases, says the City Lab.

Photo: The Crescent

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Iceland confirms appearance of sea monster Lagarfljótsormur

The Iceland considered real footage of 2012 which depicts an alleged sea monster in the Lake of Lagarfljótsormur. The images ran world two years ago and see now confirmed its veracity, although the process is debatable: a panel of 13 people decided that this would be, by a very small margin â€" seven people voted in favor and six against.

According to the Web site Slate, the decision allows the author of filming a small financial reward, although a Finnish researcher have already proven that the video shows a fishing net caught on a piece of ice and not a sea monster. An animal that has been seen for the first time in 1345, but never confirmed.

According to Slate, this measure will bring more background and new tourists to the country, through the so-called criptoturismo.

Watch the video.

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