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
published April 2, 2011 and has No Comments
photo via Moriza at flickr Our friends at Grist have posted a great video that artfully captures the joy of bike riding in the city. Grist writer Sarah Goodyear wrote about a video from Noa Cortes, blogger at NYC Cycle Chic , which shows the high fashions worn by many of the beautiful people riding a bike in an ...
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Bicyclist placing flowers at Memorial for Fuen Bai in the LES photo: Bonnie Hulkower Today, families, friends, residents and bicycle advocates participated in the 6th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk for New Yorkers who have been killed by cars while walking or biking on city streets. The event was organized by the Street Memorial Project . The bike tour ...
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Image credit: Richard Masoner , used under Creative Commons license. We already know the single most important tip for staying safe on a bike , but there are other issues too. When I asked whether biking and phoning should be banned , it unsurprisingly stirred up some pretty heated debate. Lloyd's follow up Read the original: Should Biking and Phoning ...
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Image credit: joiseyshowaa , used under Creative Commons license. The thing I love about The Guardian's cycling blog is that it manages to masterfully tread (pedal?) that fine line between the practical and the philosophical. From discussing how to keep your feet warm biking in winter to talking about what you should do if you see a bike thief ...
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Photo courtesy frankh via flickr and Creative Commons license. While the debate rages on about whether New York's bike lanes are working right or hardly working at all, out here on the west coast in Bike City, U.S.A. (aka Portland, Oregon) there's a different question to ponder as the New Year approaches. Portland has moved ahead with thousands of ...
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Image credit: Tejvan Pettinger , used under Creative Commons license . Even before I adopted the car-dependent lifestyle of the rural green elite , I was somewhat of a fair weather cyclist. So stories of keeping bike lanes clear in Copenhagen , of potato omelets and winter cycli... Read the full story on TreeHugger Excerpt from: Cold-Weather Cycling - How ...
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Those of us who bike think cars should be happy to see us coming, since we cut overall carbon and pollution from getting into the air and make the streets less choked with automobile traffic. Alas, it doesn't always work that way, so bikers console themselves with being happy for the health and mental outlook bennies of biking. New York-bas... ...
Read more...published November 28, 2010 and has No Comments
When it comes to thwarting bike thieves , even the best bike-locks can't guarantee your cycle won't get jacked. But here's a simple idea -- instead of chaining up your ride to an object at ground level, imagine if you had a lock that could hoist it high overhead, safely out of reach from would-be robbers. Well, that's exactly ...
Read more...published November 18, 2010 and has No Comments
Yes, speed kills , and yes, we've heard it all before. But have we heard that excessive speed causes more deadly car crashes in New York than distracted driving and drunken driving....combined? And have we had the message delivered by a white-coated rapping... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Rapping Doctor Takes On Speeding New Yorkers
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Image credit: World Bicycle Relief When April dared to suggest 6 reasons why the world needs more girls on bikes , she was accused of sexism. Yet from female cyclists' view on podium girls through to concerns about women cyclists' personal safety , there's no doubt that gender issues should be an important part of the conversation wh... Read ...
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
