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Archive for September 5th, 2006

Germany Crushes Competition in Solar Market

There really isnt much more to this story than what the title title says. Germany has heavily embraced renewable energy, especially solar power, in every appliciable measure.
Lets see how….
Germany generates enough power from the sun’s rays to meet the needs of households in a city of 590 000, according to the Solar Energy Association BSW.
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September 5th, 2006
Topic: Energy, Environment, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Stay in School Forever

I really like this dude’s suggestion that we live our lives like we are in school. You know, read some, learn some, run some, and do all sorts of things that a “normal” day-to-day working life forgets.
“If we model our lives on the structure of how we were educated as children, our lives would be [...]

September 5th, 2006
Topic: Body & Mind Tags: , ,

Blair Calls for Better Poverty Reduction

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is calling for a better approach to fight poverty in Britain. Current government programs are not reaching “deeply excluded” families and that needs to change in order for the government to make a much bigger impact.
“He said a small percentage of every generation were “stuck in a lifetime of disadvantage”. [...]

September 5th, 2006
Topic: Equality Tags: , ,