While we all know that Santa Claus lives on the North Pole for tax purposes, some of us may not have been aware of the man's outsized carbon footprint, and there's nothing jolly about killing our planet by using technology that's hundreds of years old. General Electric's Global Research department hopes to combat this with the design of their updated Santa sleigh, which incorporates carbon fiber, LEDs, sodium batteries, RFID-tagging and more:

GE has designed a concept Santa sleigh making use of 10 of its green focused ideas highlighted in 2009. Some of the more entertaining ones include a new sleigh frame made from carbon fiber composite materials, self-powered OLED lighting in the front of the sleigh "tuned to red to supplement Rudolph's red nose," a sodium battery on board that would store energy "to provide supplemental power for the sleigh and offer Santa's reindeer well-deserved breaks on their long journey around the world" and a 500 GB holographic disc to save on the large amount of trees lost to Santa's "miles-long list filled with the children's Christmas wishes."

Check it out here.

via earth techling