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Solar Power Could Supply 35% of Total U.S. Energy by 2050

Scientific American has published an incredibly detailed article laying out how the United States could drastically reduce its dependency on foreign oil by the year 2050. The cost? As it turns out, it would cost less than the U.S. has spent on the war in Iraq to this point. Here are the main […]

I’m all for being green, but…

…this is among the most disturbing things I’ve ever read.

Basically, there are people who believe that having children is the worst thing one can do for the planet.
No doubt these enviro-nuts bought into this mentality:
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A Hummer H3 Hybrid: 60 MPG, 0-60 MPH in 5 Seconds?

Fast Company ran this article about Johnathan Goodwin, who has defied all “conventional logic” from Detroit about not being able to have fuel efficiency and power in SUVs. It would seem the auto companies have either been lying to the masses all along in an effort to keep their brethren in Big Oil […]

War Spending Could Have Gotten Us Closer To Energy Independence

This article provides a convincing argument to what I have been thinking all along; if we spent the money that we’re currently pouring into the war into alternative energy sources, we could pretty much wash our hands of most of the screwballs who control our country’s lifeline and let them be free to kill each […]

Wal-Mart… Doing Something Right (for a change)

I’m really not a fan of Wal-Mart; but sadly, I admit that I do shop there quite a lot.
At least I’ll soon be able to feel a bit better about buying stuff there after their new re-usable bags show up.

These will set you back $1 each, and should be in your local Wal-Mart by the […]

Why AT&T is Evil - Part 3 - They’re Not Very Green

The iPhone was definitely the most hyped gadget in the history of gadgetry… with both Apple and AT&T (the sole wireless carrier for the device) spending hundreds of millions of dollars during the build-up to the release of the smart phone.
Once the device had been out for a little over a month and the first […]