Category: Environment

[351] Of greenish sky

There was a crazy and strong storm just now in Ann Arbor.

I stood something like 30 to 40 meters from the trees. Notice how much the trees swayed! Well, maybe it doesn’t look like it was bad but it was! And look at this, roughly thirty minutes later:

There was even a power disruption that lasted a few second! According to Common Monkeyflower, there was even a tornado in Chelsea!P/s – there is an Environmental Defense meetup this Wednesday at Zingerman’s but I don’t know whether I want to attend or not, yet.

Environment Politics & government

[350] Of case dismissed

From Greenpeace USA:

The Bush administration’s attempt to use an obsolete “sailormongering” law to prosecute Greenpeace failed when Judge Adalberto Jordan dismissed the charges in the midst of the trial. Shortly after the Justice Department rested its case, the judge granted Greenpeace’s motion for acquittal, ruling that there was insufficient evidence to send the case to the jury.

Victory!

p/s – I watched a debate between Tony Blair and Micheal Howard the other day and it was hilarious!

pp/s – concerning the Nick Berg’s beheading, there seems to be awfully lot of discrepancies. More on kuro5hin. And having seen the video and reading a lot of questions emerging from the cyberspace, I am starting to doubt the authenticity of the video. Furthermore, Bush’s reputation of lying to the United Nations Security Council does not help disspell the speculations.

ppp/s – Russia has agreed to back the Kyoto Protocol! More victory!

Economics Environment

[348] Of worse than Model-T

Post author By Hafiz Noor Shams
Post date Monday, May 17 2004
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The Seat of the Revolution has a post concerning vehicles with mileage worse than Ford’s Model-T.

Funny isn’t it?

After almost a century of technological progress, a few things still do not improve. Shame on the automotive industry.

Thanks to the free market, the invisible hand is finally punishing the real evildoers. This new oil crisis might finally call for new and better standard for the monstrous and ugly SUVs and other irresponsibly inefficient vehicles.

p/s – removed visited and notable section to some other page.
pp/s – currently high on Nelly Furtado’s Powerless after seeing her performed the song at the 2004 Juno Award. The song seems to talk about our individualism and its erosion; how the mainstream media is trying to impose values on us. I don’t know but the more I think of reality TV, of the media, of the apparatchiks, the more disgusted I am, the more I appreciate this song, the more I appreciate my freedom. And to the RIAA, you guys suck.

Environment