We just bought a Ford Escape
Sue sold her VW bug diesel when we lived in SF because a) it needed major repairs, b) the dealer offered us an excellent price for it, c) we didn’t need two cars because we lived next to a BART…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month May 2009
Generating electricity from kites
In order to generate power the kite pulls a string attached to the generators on the ground. Upon reaching their maximum height, they are reeled back down to repeat the process. Wind a kilometer up is much stronger and more…
UK report: Poverty impacts early child development
No big surprises here, to be sure, but researchers have documented that poverty has major effects on young children. The difference in outcome is stark. The study identifies that by the age of three, 26 per cent of children in…
Benchmarks for Sri Lanka
Sharif Abdullah writes: I shed no tears for the passing of the LTTE or its leader, Prabhakaran. The goal of the organization was always unrealistic and its methods always brutally violent. I am not sorry to see them go. I…
Taiwan’s solar stadium is 100% powered by the sun
Inhabitat has all the details.