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Take a deep breath, and plow down the river. The Fiji Travel Pack inflatable kayak ($120; sevylor.com is nearly 11-ft. long, holds 400 lbs. and comes equipped with a handy storage bag. A cheap alternative to lugging a kayak on your car roof, this one can even fit under the front seat, with your spare change...
...that theglobe.com would be the next General Electric. Rather, he says, it is based on fundamentals that include tight housing supply--especially in places where it is tough or expensive to build, like New York City and San Francisco--such population factors as immigration, foreign buyers (snapping up properties cheap because of a weak dollar) and baby boomers' demand for second homes. "It's the demographics, stupid," he says...
...plant, built on this island of 700 inhabitants. "Despite all the hype around the hydrogen economy, there appeared to be very little to show for it in practice," says Sandy Macaulay, project manager for PURE (Promoting Unst Renewable Energy) and Bonxies lead guitarist. Two 15-kW wind turbines provide cheap and clean electricity to the island's industrial estate. Surplus power goes through hydrogen production and storage equipment, and the zero-carbon gas is bottled for future use. PURE hopes to expand hydrogen's applications beyond powering and heating the small industrial estate and running Scotland's only road-licensed...
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...pain feels real in A Long Way Down, although not at the price of Hornby's pleasantly bitter wit. But what makes the book work is Hornby's refusal to give an inch to sentimentality or cheap inspirational guff. "I didn't want a book where they loved each other," he says. "That seemed like a kind of bad, Hollywood way to go. They are frank with each other, but mostly so that they can abuse each other." Spoken like a true heavyweight. -By Lev Grossman