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ourCOMMITMENTS:
1. The hydrogen
fuel cell sled read
more
2. The shipping container construction read
more
3. The switch to 4-stroke read
more
4. Using recycled
paper read
more
5. McGill Electric
Snowmobile Team read
more |
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1. The
hydrogen fuel cell sled
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Fuel cell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA fuel cell
is an electrochemical conversion device. It produces
electricity from various external quantities
of fuel (on the anode side) and an oxidant (on
the cathode side). These react in the presence
of an electrolyte. Generally, the reactants flow
in and reaction products flow out while the electrolyte
remains in the cell. Fuel cells can operate virtually
continuously as long as the necessary flows are
maintained.
Fuel cells are different from batteries in that
they consume reactant, which must be replenished,
whereas batteries store electrical energy chemically
in a closed system. Additionally, while the electrodes
within a battery react and change as a battery
is charged or discharged, a fuel cell's electrodes
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Are these designs compatable with snowmobiles??
What are the realistic alternative energy source possibilities
for the snowmobile of the future?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell
http://www.ballard.com/
http://www.foursprung.com/2006_07_01_archive.html |
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| 2. the
shipping container construction |
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When building we commit to re-using building materials.
This past winter 07/08 season we built a new base
for our dogsledding tours. We researched into shipping
containers and decided to try it out! |
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Building with used shipping containers (cartecturez)
is the new eco-friendly thing to do. few ideas can
compete with the weird, pragmatic beauty of the used
shipping container. Cheap, strong and easily transportable
by truck, train or boat these big steel structures
now litter the ports of America as mementos of our
Asian-trade imbalance. (Many more full containers arrive
on our shores than depart, so ports either ship them
back empty -- to the tune of about $900 per -- or sell
them.)
Hurricane proof, flood proof, fire proof, these metal
Lego blocks are tough enough to be stacked 12-high
empty -- and thus can be used in smaller multistory
buildings. Used containers (which can be picked up
for $1,500 to $2,000) often have teak floors and sometimes
are insulated. The bright orange, blue and rust corrugated
boxes may not appeal to everyone. But contemporary
hipsters find them not just the ultimate in postmodern
appropriation but aesthetically pleasing as well.
And even though containers have little of the crunchy
nostalgia of the hay-bale house or the yurt, they trump
most other forms of green building because, in the
current economy, they are virtually a waste product.
Making a building (which can last and last) out of
what is essentially a huge piece of industrial detritus
takes recycling to a new level.
The concept of using shipping containers as buildings
is hardly new -- institutions like the military have
been using the structures as temporary offices, bunk
houses and showers for some time. Examples of designers
incorporating shipping containers into residential
designs date back to 1982. |
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http://www.containercity.com/
http://www.fabprefab.com/fabfiles/containerbayhome.htm
Watch video
http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/Bob_Vila/Video-0201-03-1.html |
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| 3.
THE SWITCH TO FOUR-STROKES |
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Our new 4-Stroke Snowmobiles are quieter and cleaner
without compromising speed.
Old-fashioned 2-stroke machines generate a considerable
amount of both noise and polllution and spew out blue
clouds of unburned hydrocarbons. The industry's argument
against 4-strokes has always been that the equivalent
2-stroke engine weighs less and produces more power.
Yamaha engineers neatly torpedoed that theory.
Our new RX-1 snowmobile is powered by a 4-stroke, 998cc,
4-cylinder, DOHC, 5-valves-per-cylinder, liquid-cooled
Genesis Extreme engine, and it uses four Mikuni BSR37
carburetors for a peak of 145 hp at 8300 rpm. |
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| 4. using
recycled paper |
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In 2005 Canadian Snowmobile committed to using recycled
paper for all it's content, business cards, stationery
and advertising materials. We made this commitment
because paper and paper products make up the largest
percentage by volume of global solid waste streams.
However, 2003/04 paper and card accounted for almost
a third of all household waste collected for recycling,
this means, however, that there is still a considerable
amount that isn't recycled and is largely going to
landfill or incineration. Being a company that operates
in a beautiful costal rain-forest we feel our responsibility
is mandatory to preserve the incredible environment
we are surrounded by. This is our commitment to help
reduce our footprint.
Our printing is done on 100% post-consumer
recycled paper
http://www.clubcard.ca/green_cards.cfm?card_style=2
http://www.generationprinting.com/environment/ |
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| 5. McGill
Electric Snowmobile Team |
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Canadian Snowmobile Adventures is committed to improving
the options for more sustainable fuel sources in our
snowmobiles.
The McGill University Electric Snowmobile Team is leading
this initiative by designing a cleaner snowmobile.
Instead of modifying the gas engine and exhaust systems
of pre-existing machines to be more efficient, they
have taken an innovative approach and designed an electric
powered snowmobile. This electric snowmobile is much
quieter than traditional combustion engines , and has
no gas emissions.
We at Canadian have supported McGill monetarily and
joined their initiative for an environmentally sustainable
machine by creating a fund for the development of environmentally
friendly vehicles.
To read more about the quest for a more sustainable
world of power... click
here
http://electricsnowmobile.mcgill.ca/English/index.htm
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1. hydrogen fuel cell.
2. shipping container.
3. Four-stroke
4. Recycled Paper.
5. Electric Snowmobile. |
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