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Total carbon dioxide emissions grow in Europe, Finland logs 5.9% reduction

Carbon dioxide emission in Finland grew in the European union, according to Eurostat. As a whole the region recorded an increase of 1,8 percent. Finland managed to drop emissions by 5.9%, despite growth in energy consum…

ProBoost M1: a BMW V8 powered street legal motorcycle from Finland

The first street legal custom built motorcycle with a V8 engine is now registered in Finland. The build was done by Jarmo Kelahaara. The turbo motoring entrepreneur plans to sell the ProBoost M1 bikes for 23,000 € (befo…

Billionaire debunks myth that electric vehicles reduce total oil consumption

The founder and chairman of the board of energy company St1 says that the arrival of electric vehicles won't necessarily reduce oil consumption in the world. Earlier Mika Anttonen said that electric car's won't be a via…

Unsolicited gardening surprises Nokia woman in a mystery landscaping case

Nokia inhabitant Outi Kanerva was surprised as she arrived from work on Friday afternoon to find a freshly remodelled back yard. This curious case of unsolicited gardening in Nokia took place while her husband was sleep…

Nokia Android smartphones claim eleven percent marketshare in Finland

HMD Global, the company manufacturing Android powered smartphones with the Nokia brand has entered it's home market with a splash. The company's devices made for 11 percent of all smartphones sold in January 2018. In ea…

Rotor sail helps Finnish ferry Viking Grace reduce fuel consumption

Passengers traveling on the Baltic sea on the Viking Grace vessel can now observe a 24 meter high spinning tube on deck. The structure is a rotary sail, a first of it's kind installed on a passenger ship. The rotor sail…