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London, Tokyo flooded … in Second Life …

April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on London, Tokyo flooded … in Second Life …

Okay, perhaps I live a bit too much in the virtual world, but I have yet to make the transition to having a Second Life (although some 5.2 million have done so).  Thus, I missed the momentous events as Global Warming effects swamped portions of the Second Life world.

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Tags: games · Global Warming

Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …

April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …

Today, Wired‘s Autopia published Plug-In Hybrids Weaken the Case for Hydrogen Vehicles.  It opens The U.S. DOE continues to fund hydrogen research, a long term proposition that could be mute if plug-in hybrids become commercially successful. Is this right? Are plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEVs) likely to make hydrogen OBE (overtaken by events)?

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Tags: alternative fuels · automobiles · batteries · hybrid · hydrogen · PHEV

J’Accuse … Newsweek harbors Global Warming Deniers …

April 16th, 2007 · 22 Comments

Growing up, Newsweek was the weekly news magazine coming into the house. Shows the value of those college discount programs. They caught my father with a great deal when he was 20 and, well, decades later … For the household — and I — well, Time was the second run in the competition for respect […]

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Tags: Global Warming