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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Photo via: osde8info One of the biggest complaints consumers can think up against rechargeable batteries is how darn long they take to recharge. Just for a small AA lithium battery it can take up to 4 hours to get a complete charge. Two researchers, Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge , have ...
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Photo via: osde8info One of the biggest complaints consumers can think up against rechargeable batteries is how darn long they take to recharge. Just for a small AA lithium battery it can take up to 4 hours to get a complete charge. Two researchers, Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge , have ...
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This first photo shows the power lines coming from the power house. You can see the newly cut branches from the Madreado trees have been planted as power poles. Photo via Brian Thomas (Bradley University) With the cost of cement electric power poles and the problem of termites infesting wooden poles, the villages of Honduras had but one obvious ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
