GE to buy 25k EV's thru '15. Half of its fleet. They have a stake in AONE and partnered with Better Place. 12k will be Volts & Nissan Leafs. Should generate $.5B in EV revs. Let's get off oil.
Montana State U: algae fuel content can be doubled by adding baking soda at a critical time in the process.
World Bank prez calls for gold anchor for financial system. Why the hell did Nixon take USA off the Gold standard in '71 anyway? It only took 9 years before inflation was so bad Volker had to raise interest rates to over 20%. Of course, oil going from $3 to $40 or wherever had its own effect. I do think we should have some kind of anchor, maybe in a basket of commodities.
10 years of highly profitable interest rate swaps are killing municipalities sucked into them, Wall St now shaking them down.
A 120V outlet charges a Leaf in 18-20 hours. A $2,200 220V charger in 7 hours. 440V in 30 minutes. 100 miles = $3 of el = $1/gal gas in 30 MPG car.
There's a company (haven't found out whom yet) that has a treatment that "teaches" the body's immune system to destroy cancer.
Paul Samuelson started econ studies at age 16. That was one bored teener.
9000 banks failed in the Great Depression. We're at about another 150 this year.
Halliburton announced an eco-friendly fracking fluid. Say that 3 times fast.
Bolivia's capital city facing catastrophic drought as Lake Titicaca dries up.
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