Archive for the 'Enviromental' Category
Fisker Automotive: Making GM look … “Retarded”?
Snipped from Wired.com.
Yes, I said it. Get over it! Retarded: “delayed or held back in terms of progress, development, or accomplishment.” — Apple Dictionary.
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“Cash for Clunkers: Smart or Stupid?”
Snipped from LiveScience.com.
And here I though our government got it right for once. Cash for Clunkers sounded like a great idea
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Regular, please. Easy on the Ethanol.
Snipped from Reuters.com.
There’s a plot afoot to retard the adoption of ethanol in automobile fuel, but before we cover this interesting kick-’em-in-the-ass tactic that arose in the news the other day
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Big Oil Turns to Algae
Snipped from TechnologyReview.com.
This is a sight for sore eyes. It seems ExxonMobil, the most hated big oil conglomerate of mine, has invested $300 million into algae genomics research.
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“Bill proposed to limit antibiotics in livestock”
Snipped from ScientificAmerican.com.
It seems as though the government, although really slow, is catching on that corporations are not going to choose to do the right thing when the wrong thing is much more profitable.
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“A Costly and Unnecessary New Electricity Grid”
Snipped from TechnologyReview.com.
There is talk about a new power-grid linking the midwest, where the wind and sun are for renewable energy, to the coasts where the power is desperately needed, but is there a diminishing return on such an investment?
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