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...falling gas prices going to hurt interest in electric cars? I don't think so. I don't think that anybody thinks this [low gas prices] is going to last. Today we are in a recession, so oil prices are going to go down. We have to imagine the future when we make investments. You also have an environmental concern that is independent of oil price concerns...
...move reassured doubtful green activists. Concern for the environment is traditionally the first thing thrown overboard when economic seas get rough. That's what appeared to have happened in June, when the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, the first national bill mandating greenhouse-gas emissions caps to receive a full vote in the Senate, went down in defeat, in part because critics exploited fears that the bill would raise already record-high energy prices...
...madness that the world saw in November 1978 were there from his earliest years. He was somewhat neglected as a child. He was part of an unconventional family where his mother was the breadwinner and his father was a brooding man whose work life was cut short by mustard gas scarring from World War I on his lungs. Jones sought out acceptance and a sense of family through churches, but at the same time he had a tremendous need for power and control. He would conduct little church services up in the loft of a barn and lock his playmates...
...increasing prevalence is reflected in the 28 percent of American adults today who have left the faith in which they were raised. And when Sarah Palin says, “I think God’s will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that,” an age of disenchantment with religion seems understandable...
...This is misplaced guilt. A volunteer armed with a pocket projector in rural Africa could project an educational video onto the wall of a house. OLEDs will help people cut their power consumption and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Even those who buy gadgets for their own enjoyment are helping to fund optics research and encourage technical experimentation. Improving our mastery of optics will improve our ability to communicate and light the path to the future we’ve all been waiting...