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 MSNBC While there's good reason for concern that the US is fast losing ground in the global renewable energy market, there's one area where we haven't even broken ground: Offshore wind. The most famous offshore wind project in the United States, the delayed-for-decades Cape Wind project , is far from even beginning construction. And it's one arena ...
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A Velaro train traveling through Spain. Photo: eldelinux under a Creative Commons license There are a lot of good reasons to travel by train - compared to flying, it's often cheaper and certainly more relaxing, and unlike driving, you don't have to keep your eyes on the road, unless you want to appreciate the scenery. And of course, there's ...
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The high speed rail lines at stake -- red has partial funding, gray is proposed. Image via the Transport Politic As a dreamer of the American high speed rail dream, this news just makes me sad: the Republican candidates running for governor in Ohio, Florida, California, Wisconsin, and elsewhere, have all pledged to kill the rail projects in their ...
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Continued here: Today on Planet 100: Climate Campaign Controversy (Video)
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter Sometimes you have the happy occurance when you come across a recipe that sounds absolutely delicious, and you have all of the ingredients on hand without having to slip out to the grocery store. I had a squash sitting on my kitchen counter and a sage plant running riot in my garden and I just had ...
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Image via Retrevo Retrevo.com is a great marketplace for gadgets, and it's chock full of interesting news about electronics, including our habits regarding our electronics. In a recent study, the company found that on average only 39% of Americans claim to recycle all of their old electronic devices. And that number is somewhat sketchy since many people claim to ...
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image: Foster + Partners Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancy of the Guardian: "The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time," says Foster, who worked with Fuller, his design hero, from 1971 until his death 12 years later. "However, at three times the ...
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Images courtesy of ecostiletto This guest post was written by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of ecostiletto . Seeing pink? It must be October, when the beauty industry slaps a whole bunch of pink ribbons on products that donate to breast cancer research. Sounds great, right? Not exactly, when many of these companies formulate their products with petro-chemically derived ingredients that ...
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photo via flickr Even a guy in a cave can tell that climate change is happening now and that it is having horrible effects. In this case, the guy in a cave is Osama Bin Laden, who in his latest sound recording has lamented the effects of climate change to the planet , including how a worsening climate is ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
