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The Big Belly trash can is solar powered and automatically compacts trash. This saves money because less pickups are needed. It does not need direct sunlight to work. Plus, way cool, each one has wireless that alerts a central station when a pickup is needed. Philadelphia just ordered 500 of them. BigBellySolar [...] Bank failures in 2009. From the Chart Store via The Big Picture. A startup based in Cambridge, MA–Joule Biotechnologies–today revealed details of a process that it says can make 20,000 gallons of biofuel per acre per year. If this yield proves realistic, it could make it practical to replace all fossil fuels used for transportation with biofuels. The company also claims that the fuel can be sold [...] Michael Lewis dispels rumors about Goldman Sachs Financial author and former Goldman employee Michael Lewis wishes you to know that all those nasty rumors about Goldman just aren’t true. Really. Rumor No. 1: “Goldman Sachs controls the U.S. government.” Every time we hear the phrase “the United States of Goldman Sachs” we shake our [...] Eh, the bigger they are, the harder they fall (New York Magazine image) New York Magazine joins the pile on against Goldman. They closely examine how Goldman got paid billions by the Feds when AIG failed, ordered by a former CEO of Goldman. Any questions? Lots more too. Masters of the Universe don’t give [...] CalPers, the enormous State of California public pension plan has decided the best way to make up for their catastrophic losses is by doubling down. Surely if something was a bargain at $10, it’s even more of a bargain at $5, right? Of course, whatever they lose must be made good by the State – [...] This new 2.5 acre green roof in NYC is a park for employees, saves energy by providing more insulation, and reduces water runoff. The plants are drought resistant and watered by collected rain. Indicted billionaire Allen Stanford, who was denied bail because he is a flight risk, is complaining through his lawyers that prison is just, well, icky. It’s hot, “oppressive”, and “intolerable” plus there’s no Internet or computers, and this is just simply beneath the dignity for an important person like himself. Yes, he’s a blowhard [...] That’s what The Breakthrough Institute asks, saying that the US is dropping fast in funding for cleantech and in education for science. If America does not take immediate action to bridge its energy education gap — and if we fail to make substantially larger investments in our own clean-energy economy — we will effectively [...] |  | ||||
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