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 October 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Street scene in Tehran. Photo: kamshots / Creative Commons . In the latest example of how tough life can be for would-be women cyclists around the world, the new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan has decreed it a crime for women to ride a bike or roller-skate in public -- an infraction he said would be ...
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Nothing Like Seeing for Yourself Our friend Clarence over at StreetFilms wants to convince you to commute by bike. To do that, he decided that the best way was to show you what his commute is like. He explains not only what each type of bike path and road that he uses is like, but also why he enjoys ...
Read more...published October 13, 2010 and has No Comments
If It Can Happen in L.A., It Can Happen Anywhere The city of Bogota has made the " Ciclovía " known around the world, and since then it has been spreading to other cities. The concept is simple: Close down some streets to cars and allow pedestrians and cyclists to take over. After years of preparation, Los Angeles has ...
Read more...published October 11, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Bike Doctor App From reading Treehugger on your iPhone to measuring air pollution with your android , there's no doubt that smart phones can enable greener, cleaner living. Now a new smart phone app is aiming to make one important green task a whole lot easier—bike repair. Gone are the days of getting stranded across town with ...
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Photo courtesy SiGNa. Range. It's all about range. The bike pictured above, the Pedego Classic Comfort Cruiser e-bike, has a range of approximately 15 - 30 miles, depending on rider weight and hills. My Sanyo eneloop pedal-assist electric bike gets just around 15 miles (and I start experiencing range anxiety the minute I show just a single "dot" of ...
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Image from LRB blog Officially they are called Barclays Cycle Hire , unofficially they are called Boris Bikes after the Mayor of London who introduced them. But slowly all kinds of subversive tags are showing up on the new rental bicycles that dot the town. That big blue Barclay's logo on the rear wheel was just too inviting to ...
Read more...published October 7, 2010 and has No Comments
Image from LRB blog Officially they are called Barclays Cycle Hire , unofficially they are called Boris Bikes after the Mayor of London who introduced them. But slowly all kinds of subversive tags are showing up on the new rental bicycles that dot the town. That big blue Barclay's logo on the rear wheel was just too inviting to ...
Read more...published October 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Image Courtesy of the City of Sydney It's a safe bet that few, if any, of Sydney's bicycle commuters go with penny farthings as their two-wheeler of choice. The outdated ride (popular in the 1870s) is most used these days for its retro value and the occasional race . But when artist Alasdair Nicol set out to make a ...
Read more...published September 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Image: Twitter screen grab Looks Pretty Sweet! Lance Armstrong, uber-cyclist, crime fighter , and electric car early-adopter , has just tweeted that his new Nissan LEAF electric car has arrived. He sent a pic (see below for a bigger version), and it looks good. A nice change from the blue paint that almost all LEAFs have had so far.... ...
Read more...published September 24, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Roz Savage, Credit Phil Uhl "It really does come down to one stroke at a time:" This is what ocean activist Roz Savage told the 100 riders gathered to listen to her speak on day two of Brita Climate Ride -- the 320-mile climate awareness bike trip that started in Eureka, California on Tuesday. Savage, living up ...
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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 ...
