Saturday, January 26, 2013
Cigarette packaging: new art competition
Here are some suggestions, but you can extend the concept. Please post on your blog and notify us of your entry by comment below.
The Chinese are facing unemployment, too: Foxconn replacing workers with robots
See this on SingularityHub. Hat-tip to "backwardsevolution" commenting here (comment dateline 23 January at 9:21 am).
Thursday, January 24, 2013
UK fuel security threatened by privatisation?
An article in the latest edition of Private Eye magazine (online version here) explores some worries about the proposal in the draft Energy Bill to sell off a system that guarantees oil to military bases and airfields.
An old Greek proverb says: There is no borrowing a sword in time of war.
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An old Greek proverb says: There is no borrowing a sword in time of war.
All original material is copyright of its author. Fair use permitted. Contact via comment. Nothing here should be taken as personal advice, financial or otherwise. No liability is accepted for third-party content, whether incorporated in or linked to this blog; or for unintentional error and inaccuracy. The blog author may have, or intend to change, a personal position in any stock or other kind of investment mentioned.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
New economical car: Hybrid Air, from Peugeot
The Daily Mail reports (perhaps a bit unskeptically) claims by Peugeot that their new petrol/compressed air hybrid engine will deliver 117 mpg by 2020.
Brian Wang of nextbigfuture.com gives a more conservative estimate of 81.1 mpg, plus a purchase price / CO2 emission comparison with conventional petrol and alternative hybrid systems. If low CO2 is seen as value (and government incentives - e.g. this - could make it a factor for the car user), then Peugeot's offering looks like value for money, turning green chic into simply practical.
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Brian Wang of nextbigfuture.com gives a more conservative estimate of 81.1 mpg, plus a purchase price / CO2 emission comparison with conventional petrol and alternative hybrid systems. If low CO2 is seen as value (and government incentives - e.g. this - could make it a factor for the car user), then Peugeot's offering looks like value for money, turning green chic into simply practical.
All original material is copyright of its author. Fair use permitted. Contact via comment. Nothing here should be taken as personal advice, financial or otherwise. No liability is accepted for third-party content, whether incorporated in or linked to this blog; or for unintentional error and inaccuracy. The blog author may have, or intend to change, a personal position in any stock or other kind of investment mentioned.
Nick Drew: EDF angling for guaranteed profits from building nuclear power stations
Our expert is caustic about the wily French operator and supine British Government - see the Energy Page.
Nick Drew: EDF angling for guaranteed profits from building nuclear power stations
Our expert is caustic about the wily French operator and supine British Government - see the Energy Page.
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