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Live-fueling Resources to Reduce Strain by Batteries on Range & Velocity

October 24, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: One Comment

The electric car has long been plagued by the problem of its range and the need to recharge a battery, which takes time, before continuing. So the implementation of new “live-fueling” technologies, like solar panels that help maintain the car’s charge and extend its range, will be key to bringing a shift toward viable, mainstream, […]

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The Nature of Volatility is Not Gain or Loss, but Volatility

October 13, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA/Dow) today had its single biggest day of gains in history, climbing 936 points. It could be a good sign, that on Friday the market “established a bottom”, but it’s important to remember: the nature of volatility is not that it is ripe for gain or ripe for loss, but that it is volatility, and one’s will and judgment are not always as relevant as one would like.

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US Supreme Court Rules EPA Must Regulate Carbon Emissions, Next Move: Greening Industry

October 9, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet

The United States Supreme Court, in the spring of 2007, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate carbon emissions. That ruling could now be the basis for legislation moving the nation toward a fully combustion-free economy.

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Playing with Light: Paris to Build ‘Shadowless’ Glass Pyramid Skyscraper

October 9, 2008 :: J.E. Robertson :: No Comment Yet

A revolutionary skyscraper design by Herzog and de Meuron, commonly known as ‘the Triangle’, aims to break the long-standing Parisian height barrier of 37 meters, while respecting the right of neighbors to the same quantity of sunlight they would have without the new structure. The Guardian has called it a ’shade-less ziggurat’, reference both to its irregular stepped-pyramid shape and to its playing a central role in the evolution of the spirit of the times, in design terms, in a city whose emblematic architecture is, somehow, also a sacred essence.

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