Lindsay Leveen The Green Machine Top Ten Notable Quotables

“You can fuel some of the people some of the time but you can’t fuel all the people all of the time”

“Be green when all are fearful and be fearful when all are green”

“Some are green others are gangrene”

“Words speak of your noble intentions but actions should win Nobel prizes”

“Soon all the icebergs will be lettuce”

“There is no fuel like an old fuel and fossil fuels are very old”

“Expensive weak batteries killed the electric car”

“The convenient truth is Alfalfa won the PowerPoint Piece Prize’

“When I die I want a thousand Hummers to drive over my grave, I want to be buried at sea”

“Stop the world I want to get off so I can discover what kind of fuel am I?”

Bottoms Up - Breweries Go Green

Breweries are one of the latest industries to focus on sustainability and green business, whether they are "greening" their supply chains, buying locally-grown ingredients, using solar power to run their production facilities, or making organic beer.

Sierra Nevada (pictured), a California company at the forefront of the craft brewer movement, outfitted its brewery and restaurant with one of the largest solar arrays in the United States. The solar panels provide over 1.4 MW of AC power for the brewery, and have the side effect of giving shade to restaurant patrons and visitors.

The New Belgium brewery in Colorado gets 100% of its power from wind, has cut its water use in half, and is in the process of going solar as well.

Other breweries are using recycled glass and cardboard for their packages, and encouraging customers to bring in their empty growlers to get refills.

Of course, as a customer, you can always buy local beer that didn't have to travel thousands of miles to get to your mouth. By buying local you'll be helping the planet, helping your local economy, and sticking it to Anheuser Busch. Doesn't that feel good?

Electric Vehicles Prove Profitable at Tesla

Tesla Motors defied expectations by announcing on August 7th that they had achieved a $1 million profit on revenues of $20 million. Though this may not necessarily prove the large-scale commercial viability of the electric vehicle, it is a significant step forward in the march toward cleaner and more fuel efficient cars.

The Roadster (pictured) is their most popular model, and can travel 244 miles on one charge from its lithium-ion battery pack. The Roadster is the first production car to use this type of battery and it is the first electric car to travel more than 200 miles on a single charge. A full recharge of the battery requires 3.5 hours, and the battery has a lifespan of 7 years or 100,000 miles. According to one analysis the Roadster is twice as energy efficient as the Toyota Prius.

Reviews for the Roadster are overall very good. Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson said the car was "Biblically quick" (though an on-air brake failure led him to conclude that the car was a failure in the real world). The price tag, however, puts the car well out of reach for a majority of Americans: the Roadster starts at $98,000 and the Roadster Sport clocks in at $128,500.

Candy Wrapper Handbags Are Delicious

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Founded in 2004, Ecoist is literally turning trash into treasure with their line of handbags made from recycled candy wrappers, magazines, newspapers, and granola bar wrappers.

The Daily - Confetti handbag, pictured, is one of their top sellers. They source their materials from developing countries, mostly in Latin America - if you squint at the pictured handbag, you can just make out a wrapper from Mexican cookie and candy giant, Gamesa.

Their pieces are fairly expensive considering they're made from garbage, but they're also handmade, fair trade, and environmentally friendly, so they carry a premium over their less sustainable peers. Also check out their Luna Blue line made from Luna Bar wrappers - super cute gift idea!