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...Python is the first example of British humor to spring to most people’s minds, another much-loved manifestation is Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the ludicrous and endearingly funny story of Arthur Dent, one poor lost Earthling haplessly finding his way through the Universe after escaping the Earth shortly before its destruction to make way for an interstellar bypass...
...than even the leanest conventional cars available today. The government offers tax credits for people who buy hybrids, but hybrids may not take off unless gas prices climb significantly higher. "At $3 a gallon, they start looking pretty sensible," Wyss says. Hydrogen-powered cars could make an even bigger dent in oil demand, but they won't be commercially available for 10 to 20 years...
...happen," says policy officer Tracy Carty, "the government needs to commit to planning, building and energy policies that can support microgeneration." Critics, including many in the nuclear industry, fault microgeneration as inefficient, uneconomical and overly romantic - too small-scale to power industry or to make much of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions. Many want a fresh look at the nuclear option, arguing that it is one of the cleanest ways to produce power. Microgeneration fans disagree. Jeremy Leggett, ceo of Solarcentury, Britain's leading solar photovoltaics company, thinks nuclear power is risky and that a combination of dwindling...
...sixth inning, Harvard’s offense seemed to revive. First Vance led off the inning with a double. Brendan Byrne then grounded out, followed by Farkes, who singled, putting runners at the corners with only one down. The Crimson seemed poised at least to put a dent in Rhode Island’s lead...
...very clear shift of focus away from the excessive emissions in the industrialized world and towards the marginal emissions of those in the developing countries. No amount of action by the Chinas, Indias, and all the developing countries put together can even begin to make a serious dent in global carbon concentrations unless meaningful action is first taken to curb the excessive emissions of those of us living in the industrialized world...