Biofuels Turn Ethiopian Farmers to Food Aid (1)
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Ashenafi Chote, of the Wolaytta district south of Addis Ababa, says that he regrets converting his land from food crops to caster seeds for biodiesel. He is now dependent on Food Aid and can no longer generate income from his land. The company that got him into this situation admit they have been unable to pay him, as agreed, because a loan they expected hasn’t come through! The realisation that the cost of biofuel crops ...
Saving the Planet? (1)
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Willie Soon & Christopher Monckton, climate change sceptics, on temperature levels in Indonesia and the “saving the planet” mantra. Indonesia’s National Agency for Meteorology & Geophysics plays host to the International Symposium on Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System in Jakarta on November 24th-26th 2008. In this article Dr. Willie Soon, geo-scientist at the Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, and Lord Christopher Monckton, chief policy ...
Some Ugly Numbers for the Electric Car Industry (1)
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All-electric cars are a great idea, in theory. And they are much more technically feasible than jet packs or monorails, two of the other big transportation ideas from the mid-1960s. (Everything I know about technology I learned on the Johnny Quest show.) Unfortunately, the economics still don’t add up very well. Batteries cost a lot and [...]
How to Turn Garbage into Biofuel (1)
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Photo of Naples rubbish piles by chrisjohnbeckett Barely a week goes by without news headlines announcing yet another innovative way of making biofuel, something that was lauded as remarkable only at the beginning of the year but has since fallen from grace. Many new biofuel initiatives sound great at the outset but once the mechanics and background information are revealed they seem to be just as harmful to the environment as existing methods of fuel ...
World's First Flying Car Runs on Biofuel (2)
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Hey Mr. Bond: Forget your ritzy Aston Martin and grab the Skycar instead! This British wonder-mobile will not only traverse any terrain, it can actually take to the sky using a rear propeller and a flexible ram-air wing. The designers of the Skycar, who plan to take it on a 3,700-mile land-air expedition from London to Timbuktu in January, 2009, say that it only needs 200 meters to take off and can achieve the airspeed ...
Catsters: Win 250 zealies!!!! (1)
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If you’re a Catster,* you can win 250 zealies just by voting in Catster’s World’s Coolest Cat Show! All you need to do is place a vote between now and the end of voting on Friday, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win 250 zealies! Vote once, get one chance; place 100 votes, get 100 chances. The more you vote, the greater your chances of winning. Click here for details. * If you’re ...
£18 billion here, £18 billion there ... (1)
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... pretty soon you're talking about real money.The story about Banco Santander and the UK’s taxpayers £18 billion still has not made it into the press. It just shows you the power of Labour spin, and the cleverness of their media manipulation. The story is there on the Treasury website, hidden but clear to anyone who wants to read it.We were told by the government and the media that the deposits of Bradford and Bingley ...
Biodiesel Powered Plane Makes History First Flight Across US (20)
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Earlier this month, pilots Carol Sugars and Douglas Rodante made history by becoming the first flight-crew to successfully fly across the US in a plane predominantly powered by biodiesel. Of the total 2,486 miles flown from Reno, Nevada to Leesburg, Florida, 1,776 miles were 100% biodiesel-powered. The remaining 710 miles were powered by a 50/50 mix of biodiesel and standard jet fuel. Read more of this story »
Study: new MacBooks likely 33% of US sales (1)
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Apple's recent MacBook lineup and the iPhone may make it one of the better-positioned companies to survive a likely steep drop in spending during the holidays, according to new data from ChangeWave. The analyst firm says that a full third of all studied US notebook buyers, or 33 percent, plan to buy some form of Apple notebook during the season or within the next 90 days from the start of Novembe...
Videochat, ahora en Gmail (1)
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El día de hoy se liberó el plugin que le agrega al chat de Gmail la posibilidad de usar video, por lo que se convierte en una opción más de comunicación a través de Internet para aquellos que quieren ahorrar en largas distancias por voz o video. Aún no tiene soporte para multiconferencias, así que la comunicación es de 1 a 1. Para usarlo, es necesario instalar dicho plugin, reiniciar los navegadores que estén abiertos ...
iPunch (entertainment) (1)
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iPunch 1.00Category: EntertainmentPrice: $1.99 (iTunes)Description:iPunch is a 3D punching bag simulation. You can use the default bag or customize bags yourself using a photo or picture from the web.iPunch is much more fun than beating a pillow! Annoying co-worker, rude teller at the bank? Don't get mad, put their picture the bag and bop your stress away! Works for pets too.If you would like to see a video of this application running, please go to:www.iDev2.com/ipunch.mp4If ...
GM to Announce Big Changes Friday — Watch for Volt News (1)
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The Volt is the Future of GM. Or it’s dead. Whatever the case, GM is getting a rumor community that would even make Apple envious. The ailing Detroit automaker, which has consistently been losing money and looking for ways to cut costs, is expected to announce important changes tomorrow. Reuters, citing sources close to the company, [...]
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