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POPSA DIY tiny cabin for about $2000 From a blog on "tiny houses." The builder featured here designed and built his own 14'x14' cabin, including solar-powered water pump, composting toilet, and a propane-powered refrigerator and stove, for about $2000.
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POPSIn US, Solar Panels Get Aesthetic Designs At first you don't even notice they're solar," said Tony Fortenberry, who bought a home in Rockland, California, in September with solar panels manufactured by SunPower on its roof. "The tiles are completely integrated into the roof," Fortenberry said. "It has a more elegant appearance and it doesn't look like an add-on."
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POPSIsrael ENews Poll Result: Dial M for Murder! Maybe it was the misuse of an expendable to provide Sarkozy with a memorable end to his visit and divert attention away from the normal Israeli PM corruption charges now pressing on Olmert. No? Well I certainly don't believe he deliberately shot himself in the head in public and then jumped off a roof!!! One bullet in the head normal prevents subsequent high jinks.
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POPSMajor solar initiative in California This is a huge deal - highlighting the opportunity for utilities to embrace alternative sources of energy (such as solar and wind) to meet their customer's energy needs. “By harnessing the clean, renewable energy of the sun that is abundant in California, these innovative solar projects are helping to meet our long-term energy and climate change goals,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said. “These projects are evidence that California’s ingenuity is spurring a clean tech boom that will bring companies and investment dollars to California while reducing the state's carbon footprint.” Why in the world don't words like that come from our President??? All he wants to talk about is drilling for more oil!
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POPSWill "Th!nk" Ignite an Electronic Car Revolution in the U.S.? Think City is one of two models that are out already, together with the Think Ox, with a choice of either lithium or a sodium battery, it's range is enough to take a suburban dweller to the downtown office and back, with zero carbon footprint. The car is thoughfully fully computerized and allows a key-less entry. It features real time navigation, web, e-mail and open source interfaces, intelligent and sustainable driving and route calculations. The DNA-key gives the user feedback on charging status and sends messages, for example, for pre-heat or pre-cool options via GPRS. Pricing has yet to be announced, but the company's current vehicles cost less than $25,000.
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POPSSolar Panels a Form of Vandalism to Heritage Structures? "It would be absolutely ludicrous to vandalise a world heritage site in this way," he says. "This is gesture politics of the worst kind." Why would you want to save money and energy for the People in your Country when your Parlliament is so..."pretty"? C'mon!
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POPSTommyTune's Roof 7/4/2008 JohnDoe's 40th borthday party on the 4th of July on Tommy Tune's roofdeck and in his penthouse art studio. Russian Mike invited me since John is his bf and I was surprised to find Jessie Tran and Chance Thatch both there because they are friends with B-day boy John.