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Cities Bet They Can Curb Traffic With Games of Chance

Some really great ideas here. Great idea instead of disincentivizing them. Even better that they not only included the options of going earlier or later but also allowed taking alternative forms of transportation and taking other routes or working at home to count. One of the researchers had a great quote:

“It takes many people to create congestion but surprisingly few to get rid of it.”

Oh, City of Atlanta….

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An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.

See how they’re made here. From Visual News

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 German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said.
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Can we have this tech now please? I know coal is fun and everything, but yeah, renewable energy from the sun sounds pretty good right now.

I don’t think people realize how much Germany destroys us when it comes to sustainable energy.

stfuconservatives:

positive-press-daily:

German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said.

(click-through for full story)

Can we have this tech now please? I know coal is fun and everything, but yeah, renewable energy from the sun sounds pretty good right now.

I don’t think people realize how much Germany destroys us when it comes to sustainable energy.

(via stfuconservatives)

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Our first software product catalyses the emerging decentralised food system, one that’s bringing a return to local and organic farms selling direct to customers via weekly boxed deliveries.

This is a great idea that could help a lot of small businesses. Really hope it gains some traction. Plus it helps fight one of my archnemeses, Industralized Food Man!

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The frog and the polar bear: The real reasons Americans aren’t buying climate change | Grist

People are much more likely to react to personal experience than to numbers, Weber wrote, and climate change hasn’t smacked Americans in their guts enough to prod them into action. If she is right, we’re the proverbial frog in a pot: As long as the water warms at rates that are not easily perceptible, we’ll be frog soup before we realize it’s too late.

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