A fungus found in the rain forests of Patagonia by Gary Strobel produces chemicals and hydrocarbons which are remarkably similar to diesel.  This discovery may offer an alternative to fossil fuels.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura)(TOKYO:6503) announced today that the Mitsubishi Electric Group intends to expand its global warming-related business, mainly in photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems, heat pump-related and power device businesses, to achieve sales of 1,300 billion yen in fiscal 2016 (ending March 31, 2016), also reducing over 5.1 million tons of annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the same fiscal year.

“South Africa will be one of the countries hardest hit by water scarcity in 2025,” said Deon Nel, WWF Sanlam Living Waters Partnership manager. “A shortage of water will not only affect economic growth — there won’t be enough water for some people to live on.”

The report finds that each person in the world consumes about 1,24-million litres of water a year — about half the volume of an Olympic swimming pool — or nearly 3 400 litres daily.

Each American consumes 6 800 litres a day, compared to 2 500 litres in South Africa.

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Energy demand for fossil fuels is growing by about 2% annually, leading to the realisation that increasing fuel efficiency and the production of hybrid vehicles is only a short-term palliative, if a significant saving is to be made in emissions by vehicles.