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Not everyone agrees. "Biochar isn't a silver bullet, not by a long shot," says Dominic Woolf, a researcher at Swansea University in Wales. "You have to look at the big picture: pyrolysis itself produces carbon dioxide emissions, and you have to consider that when you try to determine biochar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carbon: The Biochar Solution | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

The next time you flick on a light switch, consider this: about one-fifth of the world's electricity is used for lighting, and most of it is squandered. Traditional ? incandescent light bulbs invented more than a century ago remain the norm, but they are horribly inefficient. Only about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lighting: Bright Idea | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

Obama's staffers aren't the only ones who recognize that the Executive Branch could have an easier team pulling off such a rescue operation. On Tuesday Pelosi, made it clear that the Bush Administration has the authority to act at any time without Congress, saying that "an intervention will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Auto Bailout May Wind Up on Obama's Plate | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

"We'll want to take a look at their plans in detail and see if they meet a credible test for viability," deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said. "We're pleased to see that everyone is now on board with what we've been saying for some time: that a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Auto Bailout May Wind Up on Obama's Plate | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

"Why wouldn't attackers do something forbidden by their religious practice - to take drugs or anything else - that could help them achieve what they consider the far more important goal of their plot in striking a blow for God?" Bruguière asks. "Adepts of the Takfir wal-Hijra sect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Were the Mumbai Terrorists Fueled by Coke? | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

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