6:35 PM
Sweden converts garbage into energy, but because their people are so good at recyling they have run out of trash in their landfills. They have to get trash from other countries to fuel their waste-to-energy factories that provide electricity to 250,000 homes and 20% of their heating. The other European countries are paying Sweden to take the trash that Sweden needs to provide electricity for their people! So, their are economic benefits for Sweden in addition to the significant environmental benefits:
http://www.pachamama.org/blog/models-of-sustainability-sweden-runs-out-of-garbage
Most Americans aren't interested in having their life expectancy reach 120 years due to science, but they are in favor of increasing life expectancy by another 10 years or so:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/live-120-most-americans-say-no-thanks
Researchers developed a caffeine detector that lights up like a traffic light when a drink has caffeine in it. The color of the indicates how much caffeine is in that cup or coffee or energy drink:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/how-much-caffeine-your-drink-watch-traffic-light
The first Windows Store in a Best Buy opened today in LA:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57597349-75/best-buy-to-open-windows-store-in-la-today/
The Denver Public Library has a tricycle-powered mobile library that also serves as a WiFi hotspot that can take librarians anywhere they wish to go to meet people and support events:
http://kdvr.com/2013/08/06/denver-launches-pedal-powered-mobile-library-wi-fi-hotspot/
http://www.pachamama.org/blog/models-of-sustainability-sweden-runs-out-of-garbage
Most Americans aren't interested in having their life expectancy reach 120 years due to science, but they are in favor of increasing life expectancy by another 10 years or so:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/live-120-most-americans-say-no-thanks
Researchers developed a caffeine detector that lights up like a traffic light when a drink has caffeine in it. The color of the indicates how much caffeine is in that cup or coffee or energy drink:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/08/how-much-caffeine-your-drink-watch-traffic-light
The first Windows Store in a Best Buy opened today in LA:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57597349-75/best-buy-to-open-windows-store-in-la-today/
The Denver Public Library has a tricycle-powered mobile library that also serves as a WiFi hotspot that can take librarians anywhere they wish to go to meet people and support events:
http://kdvr.com/2013/08/06/denver-launches-pedal-powered-mobile-library-wi-fi-hotspot/