VW Golf with 69.2 mpg / 3.41l/100km fuel efficiency

Volkswagen is about to show a car that gets an astonishing 69.2 miles per gallon of fuel efficiency:
The car is a diesel-electric-hybrid that combines two of the most fuel efficient technologies. Thanks to this concept, the VW Golf TDI Hybrid will beat the ulgy Prius 40-45mpg by more than just a slim margin.
Diesel Engines are [...]

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High Fuel Cost: Global Warming to the rescue !

Here is a tidbit of information for you gasoline freaks out there. Thanks to your gas guzzling SUV mankind is faced with its greatest thread, global warming. And thanks to global warming, you will soon be able to fill up cheap again:
Arctic Oil Drilling
Hurray, what a bunch of morons we are.
Now would be the time [...]

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Cow Farts: Sex and the City Movie

Last week I wrote about PG&E and their plan to harvest cow farts to save the planet. I really like the idea, but some of the oldest cows that are still polluting our planets since the 19th century have been forgotten by PG&E.
Not only did we have to deal with a stupefying spin off (Desperate [...]

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Pain at the Pump – People stay home

photo by alexpgp
The traffic during this memorial day driving was extremely light. I am usually hitting heavy traffic jams on my way home after a holiday weekend, but this time there was nothing like that. While I was on my trip, I came across an unusual number of roadside car sales (cars parked at the [...]

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Adobe is renting software

During the last months my computer crashed several times in a row. Each and every time I had to reformat my hard drive and re-install all software. My boot sector got messed up every time and I couldn’t figure out how to repair it. It was very frustrating and I kept replacing parts until I [...]

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DNG becoming ISO standard?

According to a recent article on dpreview, Adobe wants to get DNG established as an ISO (International Standards Organization) standard.
Ever since I bought a new Rebel XSI and had to update my software to support the new RAW format I have come to a new appreciation for DNG. If the camera would support DNG it [...]

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Indiana Jones is everywhere

photo by Gaetan Lee
Ta ta ta ta – ta ta ta – ta ta ta ta – ta ta ta ta ta
Indiana Jones is everywhere these days. I am a huge fan of the first three movies and I am thrilled to see the next one. Somehow the franchise starts rolling and all of a [...]

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The answer to Global Warming

photo by notariety
The answer to Global Warming seems to be reckless endangerment of ones life and possibly ruining the life of the poor truck driver who didn’t even realize you were there until you are rotating through his wheelhouse.

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Icicles

photo by wumai
I am still suffering under a heat wave while I am yearning for conditions just like this. Thanks to Global warming I am not sure I ever will see those again.

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Proof of Global Warming

photo by focalplane
I didn’t know it, but I just found out that there was definite proof for Global Warming. It has all been so obvious and right in front of us.
Some blame fat people for warming, but I blame it on the Sun. Call me naive, but thats gotta be it. I am sweating through [...]

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