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 March 17, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: YouTube In 1908, the Ford Motor Company began production on the Model T, rocketing automobiles into the mainstream. That same year, Octavio Orduño of Long Beach was born -- but as a youngster, he always wanted bike. Over the next 103 years, the descendants of that early car eventually changed the way we see the world, and indeed ...
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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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From cover of Estimating the Employment Impacts of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Road Infrastructure Here are some interesting, and unsurprising, data from a study found via the Infrastructurist : building bike lanes creates twice as many jobs per dollar spent as does fixing roads. It makes sense; like I noted in a post about renovation vs new construction, ... Read ...
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Off into the unknown. Photo: Cycling Silk . Traders, soldiers, and pilgrims alike plied the Silk Road for almost 3,000 years, traversing empires as they rose and fell, and creating a literary and historical legacy that has inspired countless explorers since. Today, the lands these ancient trading routes passed through are split into many countries that are often in ...
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Photo: guardian London has introduced a bicycle rental scheme , officially called the Barclays Cycle Hire but affectionately called Boris Bikes after the mayor, Boris Johnson. Now into its sixth month, survey results on who uses the scheme have been released. It turns out that it works--brilliantly. With... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Pedal Power: London's Boris ...
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Photo credits: Bikes for the World Bikes for the World donates used bicycles to non-profit community programs in Africa and Central America "to enable the poor to hold jobs, attend school, and obtain health services." To date they've processed about 50,000 bikes valued at over $2 million USD. But now they'd like your help. They're seeking space to house ...
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Image credits: Knog Continuing our recent exploration of newish bike lights (see links below), we turn our attention to the Knog Boomer Rechargeable. The Boomer has an integrated lithium-Ion polymer battery, which when you pop the light out of its silicone case can be inserted into the USB (Universal Serial Bus) port of your computer for recharging. Available for ...
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Image credit NCinDC , creative commons James Schwartz of The Urban Country asks why the streets are so dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians, and why we put up with it. He demands zero tolerance, and assembles some grim statistics and articles from around the continent to make his point. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is ...
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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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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
