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Slow Motion Lightning Video is Mindblowing
gizmodo.com — Well, this is just about the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It's a lightning bolt that's shooting down from the sky, shot in slow motion. I'm not sure exactly how fast this camera is, but it's got to be shooting at a speed faster than the Casio EX-F1 can shoot at, at least at a resolution this high. Whatever, who cares?More… (Environment)
At $1 per Watt, the iTunes of Solar Energy Has Arrived
solveclimate.com — A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar shipped its first solar panels -- priced at $1 a watt. That's the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. Curious that this story is not on every front page...More… (Environment)
Why You Should Carry a Digital Camera At All Times
gizmodo.com — Incredible picture of a tornado!More… (Environment)
Sometimes You Get the Trees, Sometimes They Get You [PICS]
elitefeet.com — The beauty of running are the things you pass by as you run along. You get to see things that you don’t notice as you drive by in a car. You may have run the same route 50 times but you find yourself seeing something different each time. I ran by a tree than had grown over a fence and it got me to thinking ...More… (Environment)
UPS saved 3 Million Gallons of Gas-- By Not Turning Left
nytimes.com — Mapping out routes for its drivers, drastically reducing the number of left-hand turns they make helped the company shave 28.5 million miles off its delivery routes, which has resulted in savings of roughly three million gallons of gas and has reduced CO2 emissions by 31,000 metric tons.More… (Environment)
Test your eye-sight on girls
entblogg.com — I have a laugh till one cries. :DMore… (Environment)
Pic: Use Electricity Wisely
treehugger.com — Billboard in South AfricaMore… (Environment)
Ikea to start selling solar panels!
inhabitat.com — Given its massive distribution network, IKEA’s new announcement to start producing affordable mass-market solar panels could pose a monumental shift in the accessibility and affordability of renewable energy technologyMore… (Environment)
8 reasons you'll rejoice when we hit $8-a-gallon gas
marketwatch.com — A further price rise as in Europe to $8 a gallon -- or $200 and more to fill a large SUV's tank -- would be a catalyst for economic, political and social change of profound national and global impact. We could face an economic squeeze, but it would be the pain before the gain.More… (Environment)
Solar Power Now Cheaper than Coal
celsias.com — New technology makes solar power affordable to install and cheaper than current environmentally unfriendly energy sources.More… (Environment)
City Sues Man for Canceling Trash Service
celsias.com — Yesterday the Examiner ran a story on Eddie House, a guy that, through concern over the environment, managed to reduce his household waste to next to nothing through recycling, giving scraps to his dog, etc. Where it gets screwy is that the local refuse collection service has now sued Mr. House for no longer requiring their services.More… (Environment)
Lamp Lit by Gravity, Lasts 200 Years [Pic]
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]vtnews.vt.edu — Some Virginia Tech student (absolute genius) invented this energy saving, gravity powered lamp that can supposed last around 200 years emitting approximately 600-800 lumens.More… (Environment)
69 Days of Water Left and They're Watering Fake Turf for Sports Practice
newsobserver.com — It's not even real grass!More… (Environment)
Superman's Sad Fate [COMIC]
seattlepi.nwsource.com — Ah, irony.More… (Environment)
Bush gives away Alaska forest
[Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate]treehugger.com — Despite logging representing only 1 % of Alaska's economy, Bush is giving away 3 million acres of forest for mining, logging, and new roads, of which 2.7 million acres is pristine, and containing rare species. Under current law, they are also protected areas - but the Bush administration wants to change that.More… (Environment)