• The Environment

    Message In A Bottle

    By Posted on 1.23.2009 11 Comments

    Given the choice, you probably wouldn't risk sailing 11,500 miles from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat handmade of 20,000 plastic water bottles. But David de Rothschild, the founder of the nonprofit educational organization Adventure Ecology, sees such a vessel as the perfect way to "beat waste" by promoting new uses for recycled plastic while dramatizing the problem of ocean debris. Next month, de Rothschild and a crew of scientists will sail the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran, to environmental hotspots including Bikini Atoll, the former atomic-bomb testing site, and Tuvalu, an island rapidly disappearing under rising seas.

    2.2.2009 at 07:14pm - Comment by BrianNoonan

    I have to say that anything that can shine light on the glaringly obvious can only be a good thing... To that end my friend, I am happy to help in anyway you might see fit. I would dearly be interested in conversing with you re: exposure and broadcast... In particular, Live broadcasts and video pod uploads, documentary and so on... I will explain more when we have the opportunity to speak. Warmest regards Brian brian_noonan(a)hotmail . co . uk

  • Cars

    London Motor Show 2008

    By Posted on 7.30.2008 7 Comments

    The weeklong 2008 British International Auto Show started yesterday and through the Lightnings, Citroens and, yes, Ford Fiestas one common thread has stretched; and it is green. Most of the low and mid-range manufacturers addressed the public's clarion call for less reliance on pricey fuel.

    2.2.2009 at 06:41pm - Comment by BrianNoonan

    @HOORGANVISOR God Bless you brother, stopping at such a dramatic deceleration is blatantly windscreen grease... in saying all that and some of the other comments, as much as they make me smile, miss the point of what you are saying. I am involved n several projects that concern highly innovative FlyWheel Energy Storage Systems (FESS). I am very interested in your project. The key aspects are of course acceleration. I am also a keen advocate of the various technologies, but further to this I am a speed freak. I would love to pilot this machine :) If you are serious and wish to converse further I would love to hear more. Best Wishes Brian



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