Leave it to Audi’s marketing division to come up with a green commercial that also manages to insult anyone using alternative transportation.
Ride the bus? You suck. Ride a bike? You suck harder. Ride a Segway through a busy city walkway? Ok, they have a point there.
Oh yea, and for anyone using a biodiesel vehicle, prepare [...]
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Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have scooped up a $10 million horse ranch way outside Los Angeles in Westlake Village, California. The pair have long expressed interest in one day retiring from the hustle and bustle and just enjoying the simple life. “It’s our dream that we’ll end up in a sweet country [...]
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This is probably the largest off-grid home I’ve ever heard of — and it can all be yours for a cool $11 million.
Larry Hagman, star of such shows as Dallas and I Dream of Genie, is looking to downsize from his current 43-acre spread to something a bit more manageable in the L.A. area. The [...]
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How’s that for a Friday headline?
We talk plenty about animals skins here on the razz, but honestly, this is one that I never imagined would be news.
Apparently, some auto outfit in Russia named Dartz came up with the idea of creating a bank vault on wheels — essentially the world’s most tricked-out, opulent, four-ton SUV. [...]
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We knew South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were into weaving green themes into story lines, but who knew they were also into doing it with their own homes?
The duo recently opened up their Colorado getaway retreat to Steamboat Today and offered readers a look at where they like to unwind with their [...]
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Back in September of 2008, Daryl Hannah mentioned that she was planning on taking the iconic Trans Am her character from the movie Kill Bill drove and turning into an all-electric vehicle. She did have some reservations about the conversion, however. “Because it’s a heavier car, it’s not going to get as long a range,” [...]
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Leonardo DiCaprio took his Inception co-star Ellen Page to check out the penthouse in Los Angeles’ Evo South condos recently.
Seems like Leo’s in the market for some new digs and took his friend along to check out the space, reportedly worth about $2.1 million.
According to the New York Daily News, the loft-style condos are built [...]
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As Luke mentioned yesterday, Madonna is currently in Malawi for the groundbreaking of her new Academy for Girls school. We’ve been following her efforts to bring a school to the Southern African country ever since she announced the ambitious plans back in May of last year. Today, the 51-year-old planted a Moringa tree, also known [...]
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Back in August of 2007, we shed the smallest of tears for Yoko Ono after she publicly urged automakers to “make hybrid cars as comfortable as a Bentley”. We felt awful for her — and the millions of happy hybrid-owners who are oblivious to the uncomfortable and spartan interiors of their vehicles.
Thanks to a [...]
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Sea Shepherd’s sleek, dark, new apprentice has arrived — and the force is strong with this one. And by force, I mean the two 540 horsepower Cummins Mercruiser biodiesel-fueled engines on-board capable of running circles around the Japanese whaling ships.
And so it begins: Earthrace, one of the fastest powerboats on the planet, has been given [...]
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