The Price of Money

Toxic slick heads for south China cities

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's southern province of Guangdong scrambled to protect its water supplies on Thursday as a toxic waste spill from a zinc smelter flowed along a major river toward several sprawling cities, state media reported.

It is the second environmental disaster to hit the country in as many months after an explosion at a chemical plant in the northeast poisoned drinking water for millions and sent a frozen, poisonous slick heading slowly but surely toward Russia.

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Going Through My Book marks

Here are some sites I have stumbled upon that I think are cool. Enjoy
Efficient Things
Our Cool House
The Straw House Blog
Green Energy News
Eat Organic

U.S. Greenhouse Gases Rise

WASHINGTON —

Emissions of gases blamed for warming the atmosphere grew by 2 percent in the United States last year, the Energy Department reported Monday.

Under the Bush Administration, the United States has focused on voluntary efforts and bilateral and regional arrangements to combat climate change while devoting about $3 billion a year in government funds to research and development of energy-saving technologies. One of those programs includes contributing seed money to companies that can export U.S. technology for reusing methane, the second biggest greenhouse gas.

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Hey how bout providing more incentives for individuals willing to implement renewable energy.Don't want to be a part of Kyoto? That is fine but throwing $3 billion, pocket change compared to the BILLIONS being thrown at a war, does not amount to jack shit.

Want to make a difference?

Greener Pastures

I have always considered myself a bit of an earth friendly type but for the past month I have really started practicing some earth friendly..um...practices. Looking back over the past year one could say that the earth is sick or maybe sick and tired of us. Earthquakes, super hurricanes, even hurricane force winds, without a hurricane, up in Denver turning over trucks. Scary stuff.
With this in mind I will begin taking this blog in another direction and begin bringing in more of a "Green" approach to tech and will be sharing some of the changes I have made in my life to help eliminate my mark on the planet.

Mark

Daddy?

Surprise! 1-in-25 Dads Not the Real Father

About 4 percent of men may unknowingly be raising a child that really belongs to the mailman or some other guy, researchers speculate in a new study.

Here's the real news: With modern methods, the truth will become known more frequently.

Look for EPT+DNA tests on store shelves in the future.
I can see the commercial now. A young couple, very much in love, sitting on the sofa vomiting out their emotions.

Woman :"Who do we tell first? Your parents or mine?"

Man:"Well, first we tell your parents and then after the baby is born and we do a swab test then we will tell mine or the parents of the guy who you have been banging on the side. After that I will hire a lawyer to ruin your life!!"

EPT+DNA Voice Over:
"EPT+DNA, Be Positive. Be Sure."

Tard Science

WTF?

US scientists resurrect deadly 1918 flu

In a surprise announcement, scientists in the US say they have recreated the influenza virus that killed at least 50 million people in 1918, and they have infected mice with it.

They say the need to understand how flu viruses cause lethal pandemics outweighs any safety risks. But the risks may not be negligible.

Sometimes I think we may know how to do things that...um...maybe we should not do.

Look What The Cat Dragged In.....

And it's still alive!! Yup thats right. I am back. Summer is over. Time to sit in front of this box and let my ass get flat. Speaking of flat X05 did not impress. Even though there are only 2 games I am looking forward to at launch, PGR3 and Oblivion, I preordered my 360 this past week. The cool thing is, I am totaly excited about how this thing is going to intergrate with my MCE box.
Peace

The future of TV

Even if you had free run of any skybox in Madison Square Garden, you still wouldn’t see half the action that you will in your own living room, one day soon, on a large-screen holographic television. Without ever leaving your chair, you’ll be poised to watch each play unfold from whatever perspective you choose, gazing into the depths of your TV. The only thing lacking will be the soggy cheese fries.

Although this scenario is a decade away, a small-scale version exists today in the Dallas laboratory of Harold Garner, a tireless 51-year-old medical doctor, plasma physicist and biochemist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The prototype he built is the first machine ever to generate holographic movies—true 3-D without special glasses or nausea.

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