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US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive [Voltaire]:The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature ( Read more... )

H.R. 2751 - Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act
S.1135 - Drive America Forward Act (as introduced)

[GovTrack][THOMAS][Congress.org][OpenCongress.org][VoteSmart.org] - House Version
[GovTrack][THOMAS][Congress.org][OpenCongress.org] - Senate Version

Bill FAQ(from cashforclunkersfacts.com)
House OK's $4 billion 'clunker' bill
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The Earthtainer (PDF)

Pretty interesting over all. If I could keep the damned cats out of my office I might try it. Couple these with a set of white LED Christmas tree lights as grow lights and I think you've got a viable indoor gardening solution.

roofray.com

Has a little java applet kinda thing that's hooked into The Google. You can go find your house, put a polygon over your roof and it'll tell you how much solar energy you could potentially harvest. I haven't looked at it in depth but it's pretty cool over all. Even does an estimate of your electric bills with solar panels installed as ( Read more... )

One of my characters uses these things as private, portable meeting spaces. He has them fixed up complete with independent air, water and power and a nice faraday cage so that no signals can get in or out.

Shipping Containers Converted Into Homes : Discovery News:

With the housing market down and foreclosures way up, building a new home might ( Read more... )

Remember this posting?: On the Subject of ANWR 5/8/2008 and of course:  10 Points on why drilling in ANWR won't save us. from 6/25/2008 ( Read more... )

Tata Motors Debuts the Nano, The World's Cheapest Car, in India - TIME:In New Delhi in the early 1970s, my family traveled by scooter in the classic, death-defying Indian fashion. My father would drive, with me, a toddler, standing in front gripping the handlebars and my mother seated pillion, my infant sister in her arms. My father was a civil ( Read more... )

DVICE: Add a Mr. Fusion to your car to let it run on garbage:In Back to the Future, Part II, Doc Brown figures out a way to run his time traveling Delorean on regular garbage thanks to "Mr. Fusion." What an awesome idea. And now, one that you can make a reality by building your own Mr. Fusion on your car. And you don't even need to be a mad ( Read more... )