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A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 am, thinkprogress.org by Bill Becker If Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had been able to look through the television cameras at who was watching their first debate, it undoubtedly would have been more interesting than the debate…
Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors ‘losers’ By Ryan Singel, wired.co.uk Politics In the back and forth of 3 October’s presidential debate over tax breaks to energy companies, Republican nominee Mitt Romney argued that President Obama’s grants and tax breaks to renewable energy companies equalled 50… http://flpbd.it/cDfBf Related articles Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for…
People and Their Stuff: Huang Qingjun’s “Family Stuff” and Sannah Kvist’s “All I Own” core77.com The Chinese phrase si da jian literally translates as “four big things,” and in 1950s China, it referred to four objects every family wanted to own: A sewing machine, a bicycle, a wristwatch and a radio. Over the decades the…
Can We Shop Our Way To Change? BY ERIC SMILLIE, fastcoexist.com Through new partnerships with major companies, the formerly tiny Carrotmob is now aiming to use consumers’ buying power to shape global supply chains. When Carrotmob organized its first buy-in at a liquor store in San Francisco’s Mission… http://flpbd.it/CoIY5 Related articles SaveOnBrew Adds Hundreds of…
It’s Time For Your Drive-By Energy Audit BY MICHAEL J. COREN, fastcoexist.com An ambitious company is attempting to use thermal cameras attached to cars to capture images of how every building in America is wasting energy. It’s the Google Maps for home efficiency. At the rate of two to three million buildings per mont… http://flpbd.it/LDbMq…
Energy Datapalooza: Open Data Power Meets Energy Future U.S. Department of Energy, earthtechling.com Editor’s Note: EarthTechling is proud to repost this article courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy. Imagine it is a scorching hot summer day, and your smart phone beeps, asking if you’d like it to raise your home thermost… http://flpbd.it/5ps28 Related articles…
Slime moulds achieve global domination By Adam Mann, wired.co.uk Science By traveling from city to city on a map, microscopic protists known as slime moulds have figured out how to take over the world. Starting in Beijing, the slime mould Physarum polycephalum developed a well-organised… http://flpbd.it/WtfT9 Related articles Why the Future May Belong to Slime…
The cities of the future will be grown, not built By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk Technology The cities of the future will have waste-to-energy plants, not shopping malls or churches, at their centre, according to urban designer Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE. Speaking at DLD Cities in London, he said “cities hav… http://flpbd.it/39qUZ Related articles How…
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