Hybrid Car - More Fun with Less Gas

Better architecture and energy savings in buildings could do more to fight global warming than all curbs on greenhouse gases agreed under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, a U.N. study showed on Thursday.
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(AP) - Models pose next to Toyota Hybrid-I concept car being displayed at the 28th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, March 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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(Reuters) - The newly designed Toyota Tundra pickup truck is seen at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, January 8, 2007. Toyota Motor Corp. is offering another $1,000 in sales incentives on its new Tundra full-sized pickup truck in the United States, as it faces pricing pressure from domestic rivals. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)

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(Reuters) - The 2008 Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid debuts during the Chicago Auto Show, February 7, 2007. Toyota Motor Corp. plans to develop its own standards for in-car software as information technology becomes the focus of global competition among major automakers, the Nikkei business daily said on Thursday. (John Gress/Reuters)

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(AP) - Unsold 2007 4Runners sit in a long line at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., on Sunday, March 25, 2007. Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose modestly in February, helped by a rebound in sales of commercial aircraft and autos. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday, March 28, 2007 that demand for durable goods rose by 2.5 percent last month after having plummeted by 9.3 percent in January. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Malaysia plans to require many buildings throughout the country with large roofs to install gutters and tanks so that they can harvest rainwater, news reports said Wednesday.
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There's an old joke about the number of people it takes to change a light bulb. But because the newer energy-efficient kinds contain tiny amounts of mercury, the hard part is getting rid of them when they burn out.
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(AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks to reporters in Tokyo in this Dec. 21, 2006 photo. Toyota, closing in on General Motors Corp.'s spot as the world's biggest vehicle maker, said Wednesday, March 28, 2007, its global production climbed in February for 28th straight month of increase. Toyota reported worldwide output totaled 680,968 vehicles in February, up 0.9 percent from the same month last year. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

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(Reuters) - Toyota's Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher of Germany powers his car during a test session at Sepang International Circuit March 28, 2007. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

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A pair of bald eagles, a species that has recovered from the brink of extinction in the last 40 years, has built a nest in a former Navy yard on the south side of Philadelphia, the sixth-largest U.S. city and where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written.
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