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Take the Lipstick Off the Renewables Subsidy Pig and it’s a Different Animal. To grasp the meaning of this bar chart, you have to know which line items are embodied in the big ticket items. For example: ” Ethanol production received $3.0 billion in blender’s credits under the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, exceeding [...]

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Hummer Excessive Even for Bling City Dan Towbin’s Hummer dealership in Las Vegas is one of the biggest in the USA. It was even featured in the ” King of Cars ” documentary on A&E. But the time they are a-changin’, and the Vegas Hummer dealership will soon shut down, making it at least [...]

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(Mamachari video by softypapa ) I confess - I own a mamachari. It is a really simple bicycle that you see all over Japan. Usually mothers use them for quick trips to the grocery store or to bring the kids to kindergarden. Thus the name, a combination of “mama” and “chariot”. Nope, the mamachari is [...]

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A clever German campaign at Click-and-Care shares gorgeous nature photos. But it gets better: sponsors will donate 10 cents (presumably euro cents, so about 15 US cents) for every photo downloaded — to help green causes. The picture of the day tomorrow will be by Florian Moellers, formerly introduced on TreeHugger in association with [...]

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Image source: Akeena Solar When Akeena Solar debuted their Andalay panels last year, it was already a break from the mold by offering the only solar panel that includes an integrated racking, wiring and grounding system. Most conventional systems have to be constructed on the roof and then panels are attached to the racking. [...]

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