Jun 27, 2008
Link: 50/50 Bet North Pole Melts Away This Summer
According to the informal betting pool among scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado there’s a 50/50 bet that the geographic North Pole will melt...
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50/50 Bet North Pole Melts Away This Summer
Jun 27, 2008
Link: Americans Direct Scorn Over High Gas Prices Towards Washington, Willing to Cut Safety to Up Mileage
In a break with the time-honored practice of blaming oil companies for high gas prices, Consumer Reports released their latest Auto Pulse Survey on Thursday indicating that 77% of consumers...
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Americans Direct Scorn Over High Gas Prices Towards Washington, Willing to Cut Safety to Up Mileage
Jun 27, 2008
Link: Acronym Finder helps you make sense of the senseless
Filed under: Internet, Web services, Search, web 2.0
Ever wonder what FISA, NSA, or AFL-CIO stand for? Sure, you know they’re acronyms, but each letter’s supposed to...
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Acronym Finder helps you make sense of the senseless
Jun 26, 2008
Unintended Consequences of Hybrid Vehicles
Link: Unintended Consequences of Hybrid Vehicles I heard a “superb” cynical statement today. I have no idea if it is factually correct, have no data (empirical or anecdotal) to support it, but it is such a great potential example of unintended… read more
Jun 25, 2008
Link: Biofuels Have Pushed Thirty Million People Into Poverty: Oxfam
photo by Lorna via flickr Oxfam has released a new report which claims that biofuel policies in rich countries have forced 30 million people into poverty, based on evidence that...
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Biofuels Have Pushed Thirty Million People Into Poverty: Oxfam
