Monday, November 2, 2009

Toyota Engineers New Flower Species to Absorb Emissions at Prius Factories

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The flowers have been engineered specifically to absorb nitrogen oxides, and remove heat from the atmosphere. Fast Company explains: "Toyota's flowers are derivatives of cherry sage and gardenia that effectively absorb nitrogen oxides and remove heat from the atmosphere." The absorbed gases makes for lowered surface temperatures around the factory grounds--which means less energy used on cooling the plant.