- Call up your local university and ask if they are using "PowerDown" software in their 24-hour computer labs and 24-hour libraries. An average PC, left on for 24 hours a day but used for only 40 hours a week, uses 17kW of electricity, of which 13kW is wasted.
- Maybe my namesake could be using an all-electric motorbike by 2010. ZERO, Brammo and Quantya are all releasing all electric motorbikes. KTM, Honda and Yamaha have bikes in the pipeline for 2010.
- The Greens in New Zealand have won support from all parties for a pay freeze for MPs until a review in 2010. Makes for a change from the 2nd Home Secretary, no?
- Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is fire-resistant and water-repellent. It's used in food packaging and non-stick pans. Women, however, with high levels of PFOA in their blood, have a dramatically reduced chance of conceiving, and were twice as likely to be diagnosed with infertility. Are non-stick pans worth that?
10 February 2009
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Great bike i have bought it and tried it out really excelent quality but the design didnt quite speak to me. I changed it at bicycle motor they have chrommed it and now it looks a lot better if you have that bike i really advice to do the same.
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