Archive for October, 2008
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Afsaneh Rabiei, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at
North Carolina State University, has invented a space-age material so light and
strong that it could revolutionize everything from vehicle bumpers to armor to
biomedical devices. A brand new material that can save energy and lives.
“Basically, it is a new material for all sorts of safety devices,” said Rabiei
Her invention isn’t the first metal foam, but she says it’s the strongest. The main weakness of
existing metal foams is the varying sizes of their cells – tiny pockets (more…)
Tags: boats, car, cars, doe, energy, engineers, foundation, gas, go, hear, hearing, ing, inventing, invention, lights, living, metals, mileage, s, saving, savings, science, steel, university
Posted in Going Green | 6 Comments »
Friday, October 17th, 2008
The Forests of the Earth are the lungs of the planet. Today we need them more
than ever to breath in and absorb the excess emissions of carbon dioxide.
As CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising, the forests of the world are falling.
20,000 square miles, the size of W. Virginia are lost every year due to
deforestation. Which accounts for a forth of all excess green house emissions.
We need to reverse the cycle. To replace the worlds disappearing forests, we
need to replant an area twice the size of Manhattan every single day. Today’s (more…)
Tags: accountability, acre, atmosphere, bugs, carbons, co2 levels, creating, deaths, disappearing forests, earth, emergencies, emissions, environmentalists, excess emissions, first test, forestation, forester, forests of the world, green, green house, history of hurricanes, hurricane, hurricanes, hurricanes tropical storms, ideas, intensity, katrina, mangrove trees, mark hodges, million metric tons, mississippi delta, natural, natural barrier, nature, number, plants, salt water, seedling, sites, size of manhattan, soil, storm surge, storms, trees, water, world
Posted in Going Green | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
And we have lots to tell you about what Air Vehicle inventor Guy Negre and
his development team in Carros, France, are doing, including the October 9
announcement of a new Air Vehicle city transport solution called the AIRPod.
Also, all the Air Vehicles get new names!
When will the 4-door, six-seat US model be available? They expect it to be
manufactured in the US in 2010. They originally planned to take reservations for
the vehicle in 2008 but now plan do so in mid-2009 as we now anticipate demand
to far exceed the early production capability. (more…)
Tags: air vehicles, avail, bio bios, biodiesel, car, car brand, cars, city of paris, city transport, climate, dependant, doe, economy, economy car, economy model, emissions, energy, engineers, fossil, fuel, futuristic design, gas, guy negre, insurance, inventor guy, leaves, lightweight panels, market models, marketers, mdi, mobil, model names, new york car show, pollutants, pollution, power, prius, production capability, production cars, showcase, tank, traffic, traffic jams, transport solution, transportation concept, urban mobility, urban public transportation, utility
Posted in Going Green | 11 Comments »
Monday, October 13th, 2008
I could not resist adding these new descriptions to our vocabulary. I hope
you find that they fit with today’s economy.
CEO –Chief Embezzlement Officer
CFO– Corporate Fraud Officer
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse
VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower (more…)
Tags: amp, archaic word, assets, bear market, cash flow, ceo, corporate fraud, corporations, economy, embezzlement, financial, financial genius, financial planner, institutional investor, lawyer, life in a nutshell, marketers, money, nutshell, poor sucker, stock analyst, stock market terms, stock split, stocks, toilet, vocabulary, yahoo
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