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...revenue from a climbing tax could be used to jump-start truly innovative research into hybrid motors, solar power, and other alternatives to a hydrocarbon-based energy supply that has muddied U.S. economic, environmental, and foreign policies. Funding for public transportation could be increased, and fares on buses, subways, and trains reduced. Furthermore, higher gasoline prices would provide a strong inducement for private firms to devise their own gasoline alternatives independent of federal funding...
...global warming should send a message to policymakers around the world that those of us who have called on our leaders to take action to save Planet Earth have not been crying wolf. Climate change is creating catastrophic and nasty conditions. As I write, my town is installing solar-power panels on our town-hall building. Every government on the planet must start thinking globally and acting locally. Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor Greenburgh, New York, U.S. The report on global warming makes a convincing case that our planet is getting hotter, but shouldn't we at least be considering...
...Nevertheless, the vast majority of Chinese feel little restriction in voicing their growing faith. "My previous goal in life was to earn lots of money," says Zhou Jun, a Shanghai entrepreneur who runs a solar-heating company and converted to Tibetan Buddhism in 2004. "But now after studying Buddhism, I realize there is much more to life, and I want to share that lesson with everyone." Zhou now donates a chunk of his earnings to build new Tibetan Buddhist temples in western China, and has imparted the Buddha's teachings to his business partners. Tempering a capitalist impulse with...
...have nothing to gain from the electricity. I do not have it at my home." Those opposed to dams say projects such as Bujagali are misguided. Frank Muramuzi, executive director of Uganda's National Association of Professional Environmentalists, says that Nile governments should be looking at geothermal and solar-power generation. "We run the risk of building these huge white elephants that benefit factories and cities but not the people who need [power]," he says. That is precisely what locals in Tis Abay, a town next to the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia, believe happened when a new power station...
...Brand New Bag Voltaic's bags and backpacks feature solar panels to provide power, as well as a battery to store power for later use. Bags come with adapters for charging common types of cell phones and other devices, and cost $239 at voltaicsystems.com...