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Corn ethanol, a bad idea whose time has gone. Buh-bye , unless they try to sneak it through again. But there is major Congressional opposition to this wasteful practice that doesn’t work well, drives up food prices, and exists primarily to give patronage to Big Ag. Biofuel from crop leftovers, wood waste, and algae is the future. [...] cahighspeedrail.ca.gov Despite spending a whopping $12.5 million in the past two years on public relations, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has yet to start construction or even decide where all the tracks will go. Given the concerted opposition to HSR now coming from California municipalities as well as the House of Representatives, it [...] BioLite stoves make cooking on wood as clean, safe and easy as modern fuels while generating electricity to charge phones, lights and other electronics off-grid. It uses heat to create electricity that powers an internal fan, improving combustion. Extra power can be used to recharge mobile devices. [...] Book with knives, 12/19/11 (TSA photograph) The Transportation Security Administration, commonly referred to as the TSA, has a budget of $8.1 billion for 2012 and plans to add about 3,000 more employees. According to the Mission statement on its own website, TSA “protects the Nation’s transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people [...] Chemical Weapons Gone from Oregon Depot [Seattle Times] It would be hard to exaggerate the peril that was stacked in the weird concrete bunkers south of the Tri-Cities and across the Columbia River in Eastern Oregon. Inside the sheds rising from the shrub-steppe desert sat roughly a quarter-million leaking rockets, crumbling mines, decaying bombs and [...] Sue had an ancient iPhone 3G and I had a 4. We upgraded her account. I got the 4S and she got the 4. This involved moving data around and got a bit involved. Here’s what to watch for. The AT&T store copied my contacts from the 4 to the 4S. I synced and everything [...] Propero plants seeds at the optimal depth, applies fertilizers, and communicates with the rest of the swarm to insure optimal planting. Human intervention is not needed. From the manufacturer, DorhoutRD Prospero is the working prototype of an Autonomous Micro Planter (AMP) that uses a combination of swarm and game theory and is the first [...] Man Clutching Moneybags While Banks Collapse, Emmanuel Wyttenbach, American (Metropolitan Museum) Back in the 1960s, there was an absurd TV ad campaign that stated “Remember…you have a friend at Chase Manhattan.” I knew that wasn’t true even then. And things certainly haven’t improved. Frank Pasquale delves into the ongoing mess in the housing sector [...] |  | ||||
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