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...blog post on Feb. 10, Google product managers Minnie Ingersoll and James Kelly laid out the company's plan to provide as many as 500,000 people in a small number of locales with fiber-optic Internet connections capable of one gigabit per second (Gbps), more than 100 times faster than the typical U.S. broadband connection speed today. It would be a blazing-fast upgrade, capable of downloading a full-length HD movie in under 90 seconds. To be considered for the trial, cities have until March 26 to submit information about their existing networks, with Google planning to choose...
Inaba said Toyota plans to launch 10 new products this year, beginning with a redesigned 2011 Sienna minivan and later with the official launch of a $375,000 Lexus supercar, the carbon-fiber LFA. Also, the Toyota Scion will expand its product line...
...beef comes from growing grain to feed the animals, which requires fossil-fuel-based fertilizers, pesticides, transportation," says Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma. "Grass-fed beef has a much lighter carbon footprint." Indeed, although grass-fed cattle may produce more methane than conventional ones (high-fiber plants are harder to digest than cereals, as anyone who has felt the gastric effects of eating broccoli or cabbage can attest), their net emissions are lower because they help the soil sequester carbon...
...collision is only the latest kerfuffle in years of bitter clashes between activists and whalers, but it underscores how the annual whaling-activist conflict has escalated as both sides acquire new technology. The Ady Gil, a carbon-fiber ship worth about $1.5 million, has an uncanny resemblance to the Batmobile and holds the world record for circumnavigating the globe in only 61 days. Sea Shepherd was able to purchase the celebrated speedboat, previously called the Earthrace, after Hollywood businessman Ady Gil donated $1 million. Japan accuses its activist crew of shooting dangerous, high-powered lasers at its crews. Sea Shepherd...
...Amping up the sport of sailing is the point of Extreme 40 racing - and fortunately nobody has died yet. Collisions and capsizes come with the territory (when a sail the size of a tennis court fills with wind, a 1,300-kg carbon-fiber boat feels like it could flip over in a trice). What are described as "close-combat races" are concluded in minutes instead of days, and take place not on empty ocean stretches but on courses close to shore, where thousands of spectators can crowd onto grandstands. Top sailors have joined the circuit, including British double world...