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Consumer Reports recently reported that some breakfast cereals marketed to U.S. children are more than half sugar by weight. A serving of 11 popular cereals, including Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, carries as much sugar as a glazed doughnut. And some brands have more sugar and sodium when formulated for the U.S. market than the same brands [...]

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A new photovoltaic paint is being developed by UK university researchers and the steel industry and should be ready for use in three years.  The solar paint consists of a layer of dye and a layer of electrolytes. It is applied to the steel as a liquid paste in four layers.  “If the solar [...]

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I have my pet peeves.  I really hate roller-bags, people not walking down escalators, and discovering that Flex Fuel has been around for over 20 years and nobody bothered to implement it.  My feelings are not limited to Flex Fuel, but all abandoned fuel economy technologies all together.  The fact that a nation as [...]

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Look at how gorgeous these TOMS wrap boots look: Recently we did a feature called~ TOMS Shoes for Tomorrow, Giving Gifts to the Poor as You Shop … and their amazing cause to bring shoes to poor children in Africa. Now we are back on this topic because they’ve been nominated for the Cooper [...]

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[image via Byron Wigfal ] Georgia’s governor announced the state’s fourth annual ENERGY STAR and WaterSense Sales Tax Holiday. The tax break covers energy efficient or water efficient products that cost $1,500 or less per item and runs until midnight this Sunday. This is the fourth annual ENERGY STAR Tax Holiday, but this year [...]

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