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Start-Up Makes Solar Cells Cheap Enough to Compete with Fossil Fuels

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The most efficient solar tech on the market today is the silicon solar cell. There’s just one drawback–implementing the tech costs up to $4 per watt, almost four times the cost of fossil fuel-derived electricity.

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FoodPyramid

From here. Derek Thompson captions:

I’m sympathetic to the argument that taxing “bad” food is too blunt an instrument to use in the war against obesity (food isn’t like cigarettes,…

Flying Sailboat Soars Through the Sky On Solar Power

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Ever wished you could sail through the sky? Designer Damien Grossemy wants to make that dream a reality with his Zep’lin, a flying sailboat designed for Renault. The vertically-built…

Bar/Grocery store ratio.
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Bar/Grocery store ratio.

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"By the time I’d grown up, I naturally supposed that I’d be grown up."

Eve Babitz