"Plus-Energy House with Electromobility" Dream Home To Be Built In Berlin
December 13, 2010 No Comment
Images credit ILEK You can’t always get what you want, but but dream homes always show a lot more than you need. From the beloved Monsanto House of the Future to Michelle Kaufmann’s Smart Home in Chicago, they always have more gizmos, more space and even more parking than most people can ever dream of owning. The Plus Energy House is no different; … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and temporarily replaced him with atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. It gave no reasons for the surprise move, which comes as Iran is engaged in talks with world powers over its sensitive nuclear programme. “I thank you and appreciate the work and the services you have rendered during your tenure in the foreign ministry,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in a directive carried by…
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A powerful storm that unleashed snow and strong winds across the upper Midwest has left behind dangerously cold temperatures. The weekend storm closed major highways in several states, canceled flights and collapsed the roof of the Metrodome. (Dec. 13)
Continue reading …Eizo announces more detail on glasses-free 3D DuraVision LCD, releases more pics of this BBW
December 13, 2010 No Comment
You admired its bezels two weeks ago when Eizo released the first details to the world, now wonder at its full specs and more details. The company has released a spec sheet confirming the 1920 x 1080 resolution and 23-inch size, also detailing how it works. The monitor uses a directional backlight and a time lag to effectively hit each eye individually through the same pixel, enabling that high resolution in a small panel but still delivering glasses-free performance. Eizo pledges no moir
Continue reading …Switching to LED Christmas Lights Could Save One Family $71,600 During December
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Photo via antijoe The Faucher family in Deleware has an affinity for holiday lighting, or rather, an obsession. The family decorates their house with a whopping one million lights. If your jaw dropped open, we’re right there with you. The total cost of their energy bill at the end of the month is an estimated $82,300. That’s the cost of running the whole show for four hours a night through the month of December. But by switching to LED lights, they could save the majority of that money. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Greek public transport and media workers launched a week of anti-austerity strikes today expected to ground flights, disrupt services and pile rubbish on the streets in the run-up to Christmas holidays. Parliament also began discussing a bill to cap wages at state-run firms and introduce company-level wage bargaining in the private sector, both key elements in a Euro110 billion bailout…
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Greek public transport and media workers launched a week of anti-austerity strikes today expected to ground flights, disrupt services and pile rubbish on the streets in the run-up to Christmas holidays. Parliament also began discussing a bill to cap wages at state-run firms and introduce company-level wage bargaining in the private sector, both key elements in a Euro110 billion bailout…
Continue reading …Senate approves Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, ensures a future for noise pollution
December 13, 2010 No Comment
If you’ve been lucky enough to occupy the driver’s seat of a hybrid or electric vehicle you’ve surely enjoyed the bliss that comes from smoothly and silently pulling away from a stoplight. You’ve also, surely, run over at least a couple of pedestrians while doing it. (We hit at least eight of the poor souls during our latest Volt test drive .) Sadly, here comes John Kerry and the rest of the US Senate to ruin our Carmageddon -esque fun. The Senate has unanimously approved the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, which requires: …minimum level of sound emitted from a motor vehicle that is necessary to provide blind and other pedestrians with the information needed to reasonably detect a nearby electric or hybrid vehicle operating at or below the cross-over speed How much sound? Well, they haven’t figured that out yet, nor have they figured out up to what speed it must be required, nor what sort of noise is required, but by golly there will be noise . Those answers will in theory be found through the course of a study that will take no more than 48 months to complete, leaving us wonder if current noisemaker options on the Volt , Leaf , and Prius will meet the need. Regardless, if you want a quiet car you’d better start your financing. Senate approves Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, ensures a future for noise pollution originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Screenshot: YouTube You might not realize it when you watch them again and again year after year, but some classic holiday films are sending messages above and beyond ‘don’t be a Scrooge.’ If you look a little closer at these 11 great films — from “Gremlins” to “A Christmas Carol” — you’ll see subtle green messages on invasive species, over-the-top electricity usage, public transportation and more.
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