Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Image via: Be True to Blue Share It's easy to harp on the big guys for creating massive big-box stores that sell massive piles of cheap products that ultimately end up in landfills. But let's be honest, from time to time we're still going to need to buy stuff and like it or not, sometimes those items come from ...
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Image via: Be True to Blue Share It's easy to harp on the big guys for creating massive big-box stores that sell massive piles of cheap products that ultimately end up in landfills. But let's be honest, from time to time we're still going to need to buy stuff and like it or not, sometimes those items come from ...
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The only negative thing I have to say about Ken Robinson, the first keynote at the Creative Places + Spaces Conference , is that it is pretentious to label your website " sirkenrobinson.com ." But he is living in the USA now and I suppose it plays well there. Having got that out of the way, Ken Robinson is ...
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The only negative thing I have to say about Ken Robinson, the first keynote at the Creative Places + Spaces Conference , is that it is pretentious to label your website " sirkenrobinson.com ." But he is living in the USA now and I suppose it plays well there. Having got that out of the way, Ken Robinson is ...
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Bio-CNG is an Improvement on Gasoline and Diesel Compressed natural gas (CNG) is cleaner than gasoline, both in smog-forming emissions and in CO2, but CNG from bio-sources (as opposed to fossil fuels) is even cleaner and closer to carbon neutral, depending how it is made and compressed. That's why Volkswagen has been looking into bio-CNG for a while. Their ...
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Bio-CNG is an Improvement on Gasoline and Diesel Compressed natural gas (CNG) is cleaner than gasoline, both in smog-forming emissions and in CO2, but CNG from bio-sources (as opposed to fossil fuels) is even cleaner and closer to carbon neutral, depending how it is made and compressed. That's why Volkswagen has been looking into bio-CNG for a while. Their ...
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Photo via Inside Catholic There's been quite a controversy kicked up over Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner's new book, SuperFreakonomics. The authors have battled allegations (which seem to have been proven true) that they misquoted and misrepresented the scientist featured in the book, in order to claim that geoengineering is the best solution Read the rest here: Jon Stewart Endorses Geoengineering, ...
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Photo via Inside Catholic There's been quite a controversy kicked up over Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner's new book, SuperFreakonomics. The authors have battled allegations (which seem to have been proven true) that they misquoted and misrepresented the scientist featured in the book, in order to claim that geoengineering is the best solution Read more from the original source: Jon Stewart ...
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The Creative Places + Spaces conference was billed as "one of the world's leading forums on creativity," and it has certainly lived up to that. The theme was the Collaborative City, and the outcome is hoped to be "guiding principles on what cities and communities need to do to foster creativity through collaboration." Richard Florida, author of, most recently, ...
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The Creative Places + Spaces conference was billed as "one of the world's leading forums on creativity," and it has certainly lived up to that. The theme was the Collaborative City, and the outcome is hoped to be "guiding principles on what cities and communities need to do to foster creativity through collaboration." Richard Florida, author of, most recently, ...
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Researchers have designed a microchip that is faster, smaller and far more energy efficient by allowing it to make occasional errors. View original post here: "Inexact" Computer Chip is 15X More Efficient By Making a Few Mistakes
For those who can't stop playing with their food, here's how to turn a banana into a green, fleeting work of art. Here is the original: How to Tattoo a Banana: A Non-Toxic, Waste-Free Art Project
