Foto Friday – Marco Jona’s Sun & Moon

August 14, 2009 - 4:33 PM by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Art, Environment, Foto Friday, General 

Jerusalem-based Marco Jona is a professional photographer with a passion for nature, and a particular fascination with the heavenly bodies.

His series, entitled “The Sun and The Moon”, is a work in progress that is being created over time…

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…sunrise by sunrise…

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…lunar eclipse…

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… by solar eclipse

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…and sunset by sunset.

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More of Jona’s work is on view at his website – www.marcojona.com.

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Putting the Z5 to the Power and Emissions Test

July 14, 2009 - 7:27 AM by · 6 Comments
Filed under: Environment, General, Technology 

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Since writing my first article on the Israeli-invented Z5, a small add on to your car’s air filter to save gas, there has been no shortage of skepticism and critics. I’d blogged about it on TreeHugger and the article was pulled due to all the negative feedback by readers who hadn’t tried it.

The public knows they are no fools: any mention of a “device” that sounds like a Cyclone Fuel Saver, FuelMAX or Water4Gas elicits a knee jerk response. How could a small cylinder added to your car’s air filter save gas, decrease pollution or give your car more power?

People want to believe that they can save up to 30% gas, and spare the environment from emissions, but does it work?

To test the company’s claims that the $208 mail-order Z5 can help the environmental cause, Green Prophet took Gal Luft from Set America Free to a garage in Israel to emissions test and power test cars before and after the Z5 installation.

Here’s what we found: Read more

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