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A German town will become the first in the world... →
The world’s first poo-powered town
Material such as animal slurry and spoiled crops from local farms will be fed into heated tanks, where natural fermentation will break it down into methane and carbon dioxide – the same basic ingredients as natural gas. This biogas can then be burned to generate electricity and heat in a combined heat and power plant (CHP) before the heat is...
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The Wonders of Genetic Research →
Scientists have found that when they take the human genes responsible for language, and insert them into mice, the mice squeak – are you ready for it? – at a slightly lower pitch.
These mighty men are breaking open the hidden world of genetic wonders even as we speak!
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San Diego County officials have threatened to fine a local pastor and his...
– Reason Magazine
Apparently the officials classified the home as a “house of worship” and thus under various permit requirements.
via sds: abusingauthority
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Monty Python's Silly Walks Generator →
via onemoretimewithfeeling
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It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
– - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychiatrist & psychologist (1870 - 1937)
[h/t coworker Dan]
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Energy Secretary's White-Paint Proposal Puzzles... →
hilker:
“Energy Secretary Steven Chu stunned the audience at a London scientific conference Tuesday with a radical but simple proposal to combat global warming: Paint all the roofs of all the buildings in the world white.
If we did so, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist said, and if we also made sure the world’s roads and sidewalks were light-colored, it would have the same effect on global...
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Bikes Outsold Cars at the Start of 2009. Growing... →
hippieflavor:
“Both automobile and bicycle purchases fell overall in the first quarter of 2009, but in a surprising twist, bike sales trumped car sales (2.6 million bicycles vs. 2.5 million cars). And while bike sales are down 30% overall from the first quarter of 2008, it’s a slower drop than car sales, which are down over 35%. Granted, bikes are much cheaper than cars—many college students can...
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Rage against the machine - Imperial March (Darth... →
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community
theknittinganarchist:
You know you joined the right blogging community when there exists a member named baconbaconbacon and they enjoy your bacon post. Yay for Tumblr and three cheers for bacon!
That’s what I like about tumblr. It’s more of a “community” than other places where you could host your blog. With the Dashboard, you can follow all your favorite tumblrs, get...
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