• The Environment

    Solar Freeze

    By Posted on 6.30.2008 9 Comments

    Few would begrudge an environmental impact study in advance of new power plant construction, least of all proponents of alternative energy. But with the Bureau of Land Management's recent decision to put a freeze on any new solar projects on the land it oversees in order to study the potential environmental effects, those same proponents are now looking skeptically at the federal government.

    7.3.2008 at 10:52pm - Comment by gbabunovic

    Well, they're studying solar because it is new. Pumping oil is not a new technology, and we don't need to test its effects on the environment because we already know them. And Bush is not an idiot, he actually has an above average IQ.

  • The Environment

    Endangered Animals 100 Times Worse Off than Previously Believed

    By Posted on 7.3.2008 10 Comments

    Adding insult to injury, many species that are already solidly facing extinction might actually be 100 times more endangered than previously thought, scientists say. A new mathematical model, developed by ecologists at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of California, produces extinction risks that are orders of magnitude higher than conservation biologists estimated in compilations like the IUCN red-list.

    7.3.2008 at 10:40pm - Comment by gbabunovic

    will it really matter in the end? species will always go extinct, and whether or not we are speeding up or slowing down the process, the earth will bounce back. it always has, and always will until it can't sustain life anymore

  • Gadgets

    The Grouse: The Inkjet Refill Racket

    By Posted on 3.4.2008 54 Comments

    3.31.2008 at 08:28pm - Comment by gbabunovic

    my computer says I'm out of ink for weeks before I actually am. I just ignore it and keep some cartridges in my desk for when the ink actually runs out

  • Gadgets

    HD-DVD Takes One For the Team

    By Posted on 2.19.2008 5 Comments

    February 19, 2008 is Confirm the Obvious Day. Pervez Musharraf finally had to concede that nobody in Pakistan likes him. Castro acknowledged the fact that he hasnt been running the country for over a year. And Toshiba fessed up that theyve lost the high-definition movie war.

    3.31.2008 at 08:18pm - Comment by gbabunovic

    new things come and go... all I want to do it watch my movies



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