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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A facade covered with Piksols on a sunny day. Image by Drzach & Suchy (more images below) After flexible solar panels and spray-on solar cells , Drzach & Suchy , an architect who works in Basel and a cryptographer and software engineer who works in Zurich, have designed Piksol ; a solar pix... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Hawaii becomes the first state in the union to enact a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. Sierra Club looks into how it finally came into being. Go here to read the rest: A Look Inside How Hawaii's Plastic ...
One designer argues that the rebirth of making things by hand is in danger of devaluing the craft it sets out to celebrate. See original here: Craft for Craft's Sake Means Nothing: The Principles of Deep Craft
