Now that gas and oil prices drop, will America keep its push to “go green?” A recent NPR article investigates whether American energy consumers will revert back to their old, gas guzzling, non-recyclable ways with low oil prices.

Speaking of fossil fuels, a new study by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council claims the world could be free of fossil fuels completely by 2090. What would it take? Only trillions of dollars worth of investments in renewable energy and a worldwide support, that’s all.

Google going Green? Google’s CEO, Eric E. Schmidt, joined forces with GE’s CEO, Jeffrey R. Immelt, to announce their “green” collaboration effort to generate renewable electricity. Additionally, Google’s nonprofit arm, Google.org, has already invested in clean energy startups like harnessing wind power with kites.

Ready for your next all-electric car? Well, chances are you might have to wait until 2012. The recent 2008 Paris Motor Show revealed the new generation of electric cars. It featured the electric Chevrolet Volt, gas-electric hybrids like 2009 Honda Insight. However, the show stopper was the 2012 Volage electric car by Venturi, Monaco’s only automaker. In addition to the Volage, Venturi also makes the Fetish, an all-electric, 2-seat sports car, available in 2009. Both the Volage and Fetish sell for a hefty price, $500,000 and $400,000 respectively. Hmm.. how’s that gasoline or hybrid car looking?

If Obama wins the presidential election, who will he select to lead his environmental and energy policies? Grist checks out the background and experience of people, like James Grumet, former head of the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) and the Bipartisan Policy Center, whose names are being thrown around for the Secretary of Energy post and other environmental positions.

For all you Facebook users (yes, I count myself as one of them), the social networking site is helping us remain environmentally conscious and vote for our presidential choice all at the same time. Facebook has created an application, Carpool to the Polls, that lets you coordinate shared rides to the voting booths on Nov. 4. It also helps you find your polling station by connecting you to Google Maps. So, whatever your politics, you can still be green-minded.

Note: also on PopandPolitics.com