1 day ago

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1 day ago

Why the government hate Google Glass. http://mashable.com/2013/05/19/google-glass-government/

Why the government hate Google Glass. http://mashable.com/2013/05/19/google-glass-government/

1 week ago

bumblingfoodie:

23 espresso drinks

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2 weeks ago

If you’ve never been, The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall is well worth a look. It’s no zoo, with only 38 animals on show, but has great enclosures with passionate keepers and is doing a great thing to rescue animals from the pet trade.

If you’ve never been, The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall is well worth a look. It’s no zoo, with only 38 animals on show, but has great enclosures with passionate keepers and is doing a great thing to rescue animals from the pet trade.

Rare event indeed today. My wife posed for a photo.

Rare event indeed today. My wife posed for a photo.

My brother over from Oz for May.

My brother over from Oz for May.

2 weeks ago

Stunning Jellyfish at the National Marine Aquarium today.

Stunning Jellyfish at the National Marine Aquarium today.

1 month ago

emergentfutures:

Biofuels: ‘Irrational’ and ‘worse than fossil fuels’


……The EU biofuel mandates are also having hugely distorting effects in the marketplace. Because used cooking oil is regarded as one of the most sustainable types of biodiesel, the price for it has risen rapidly. Rob Bailey says that towards the end of 2012 it was more expensive than refined palm oil.
“It creates a financial incentive to buy refined palm oil, cook a chip in it to turn it into used cooking oil and then sell it at profit,”
“It is crazy but the incentives are there.”

Full Story: BBC

emergentfutures:

Biofuels: ‘Irrational’ and ‘worse than fossil fuels’

……The EU biofuel mandates are also having hugely distorting effects in the marketplace. Because used cooking oil is regarded as one of the most sustainable types of biodiesel, the price for it has risen rapidly. Rob Bailey says that towards the end of 2012 it was more expensive than refined palm oil.

“It creates a financial incentive to buy refined palm oil, cook a chip in it to turn it into used cooking oil and then sell it at profit,”

“It is crazy but the incentives are there.”

Full Story: BBC

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1 month ago

Threading the eye of a needle!

1 month ago

How about getting this printed up in Korean, loaded into drones and then dropped poverty North Korea by the million.

How about getting this printed up in Korean, loaded into drones and then dropped poverty North Korea by the million.


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