Among GM’s 30 plants, the biggest success was the Silao Transmission Plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, which saw a 51.3 percent improvement in energy efficiency.
On the other hand, it's true that we are doomed. Our planet and everything on it won't last.
Physician and blogger Harriet Hall, MD, once coined an exceptionally apt phrase to describe research in many alternative medicine modalities - "Tooth Fairy Science"; it refers to research undertakings into a phenomenon whose existence is yet to be established.
Definitely worth reading, especially if you think acupuncture works.
Airlines will now be subject to the Emissions Trading System (ETS), used to charge industries such as oil refineries, power stations and steel works for CO2 emissions, as part of Europe's efforts to combat climate change.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Extra tax means paying more to fly in the EU but as long as the rules apply equally to all airlines I don't see how this could be deemed unfair or anti-competitive.
Three years ago when the Large Hadron Collider was switched on at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), few people outside his field had heard of Peter Higgs.
I don't think I had heard of Prof. Higgs or his boson before the LHC was switched on but the BBC's profile and the linked Q&A seem to be reasonable introductions for the layman. For more technical details, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_mechanism) is probably a good starting point.
For many years I loved Marcin Kasprzak very much. But after his horrific attack upon me my feelings towards him have turned to hatred.
If I was tasered and buried alive by my fiance I think I might be similarly aggrieved. Brave woman.
At the 35 sites in the field trial, the authors of the Lit Up report calculated that the LED fittings saved more than three million kilowatt hours (kWh) each year when compared with the previous lighting.
Brighter light, better living environment, happier tenants and lower running costs. What's not to like about LED lighting?
MISSLE SILO-Home Built on Former Missile Base (19.20 Acres) Offering Underground Living & Access to Missile Silo NEW LIST PRICE $750,000
This product and the accompanying video are an object lesson in design and marketing.
At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
Entertaining.
Measles kills around 164,000 unvaccinated children per year. Between 2000 and 2008 an aggressive vaccination campaign in poor countries cut deaths by 80 per cent globally, and by a massive 92 per cent in Africa.
"the practice of slaughtering animals without prior stunning is unacceptable under any circumstances"
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced that it will take a $485 million write-down in relation to its PlayBook tablet.