[Biofuel] Our Choice: Control Carbon or Be Cooked

2009-10-22 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/21-7 Published on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Our Choice: Control Carbon or Be Cooked by John Feffer I never much liked the idea of arms control. During the Cold War, we managed our nuclear arsenals rather than reduced them. We

[Biofuel] A Reality Check From the Brink of Extinction

2009-10-22 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23755.htm A Reality Check From the Brink of Extinction By Chris Hedges October 19, 2009 Truthdig -- We can join Bill McKibben on Oct. 24 in nationwide protests over rising carbon emissions. We can cut our consumption of fossil fuels. We can use

[Biofuel] Take Action on Oct. 24: Join One of the Largest Global Protests in the Fight Against Climate Change

2009-10-22 Thread Keith Addison
Check the comments. Sigh... http://www.alternet.org/story/143365/take_action_on_oct._24%3A_join_one_of_the_largest_global_protests_in_the_fight_against_climate_change?page=entire#comments Take Action on Oct. 24: Join One of the Largest Global Protests in the Fight Against Climate Change By Tim

Re: [Biofuel] Fuji to enter hybrid car race

2009-10-22 Thread Erik Lane
Anyway, not long to wait - according to the article it'll be launched eight years ago, in 2001. LOL! (Take that sub out and have him shot.) What's wrong with the sub? I honestly don't get what you meant there. That someone had put in a bad date? The article claims it was written in 1999, so

Re: [Biofuel] Fuji to enter hybrid car race

2009-10-22 Thread Oskar Bartenstein
Likely you are talking about the Subaru Twin Hybrid which was available in Japan from 2003 maybe earlier - the first K Hybrid in the market here. Not vaporware, not a concept car. Yet the concept is still interesting: cruising by the gasoline engine, acceleration assisted with the electric