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| USA: The Best System In The World? [Warning: Extreme language] | |
| If there is a constant refrain I get from critics of my work it goes something like this: America may not be a perfect country, but it still the best system there is. Really, Are they F**ing joking? | |
| Date: 16 August 2011 - Added by: Guest | |
| Views: 809 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Shell ruptured pipe line could be worse North Sea spill in a decade | |
| North Sea oil slick threatens birds: Published on 16 Aug 2011 by Euronews A ruptured pipeline owned by Shell could be the worst North sea oil leak in a decade. More than 1300 barrels have been spilt creating a 37 square Km slick off the Scottish port of Aberdeen. Although it is not expected to reach land, environmentalists are concerned about the impact on sea birds.... | |
| Date: 16 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Retro prescience: The Great American Consumer [from Seein' the Light] - 1978 | |
| Check out this super vintage and super currently relevant music video about wasting energy. This is an excerpt from | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: Guest | |
| Views: 786 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Proposed Bill: Jan Schakowsky on putting Americans to work | |
| Published on 13 Aug 2011 by Current Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois discusses her new budget plan that pledges to create 2.2 American million jobs. | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 804 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Fishy: The Tuna Industry's Dirty Little Secret | |
| Uploaded by greenpeaceusa on 14 Aug 2011 Each year the canned tuna industry kills thousands of sharks, rays, turtles and seabirds. Now that's a dirty little secret. Greenpeace is launching a new campaign to get the canned tuna industry to clean up its act and end its destructive ways. To kick things off we've teamed up with Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mark Fiore on this video. Help expose the the tuna industry's dirty little secret by sharing this video with everyone you know. Learn more at www.greenpeace.org | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 802 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Why do the Koch brothers want to end public education? | |
| Uploaded by bravenewfoundation on 14 Aug 2011 This film and investigation connects the dots and reveals why the Koch brothers are trying to end public education and how their wealth winds up in the hands of Jim Crow. Watch the video, then call David Koch and tell him to stop funding school resegregation now. | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 803 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Geoengineering Climate Control: Who Gets the Keys? | |
| Published on 15 Aug 2011 by ForaTv Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/03/Jamais_Cascio_Hacking_the_Earth Jamais Cascio, writer and co-founder of WorldChanging.com, examines various risks involved in the pursuit of mass-scale geoengineering as a response to global warming. Along with unknown scientific considerations, Cascio warns that geoengineering could be fertile ground for international political conflict. -----Jamais Cascio is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer and ethical futurist specializing in design strategies and possible outcomes for future scenarios. Cascio received his undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz and his ABD at UC Berkeley. Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of their Top 100 Global Thinkers, Jamais Cascio writes about the intersection of emerging technologies, environmental dilemmas, and cultural transformation, specializing in the design and creation of plausible scenarios of the future. His work focuses on the importance of long-term, systemic thinking, emphasizing the power of openness, transparency and flexibility as catalysts for building a more resilient society. Cascio's work appears in publications as diverse as Metropolis, the Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy. He has been featured in multiple television programs discussing foresight and environmental issues, including National Geographic Television's Six Degrees, its 2008 documentary on the effects of global warming, the History Channel's Science Impossible, its 2009 series on emerging technologies, and the 2010 Canadian Broadcasting Company documentary, Surviving the Future. | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 853 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| New e-paper can be reused over 250 times | |
| Uploaded by NTDTV on 10 Aug 2011 For more news and videos visit ? http://english.ntdtv.com or Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision Taiwanese researchers are taking recycling to a whole new level with a rewritable electronic paper that can be re-used up to 260 times. The developers say it will soon replace the conventional paper used for signs and posters. Researchers in Taiwan say the resolution of their "i2R e-Paper" makes it ideal for use in shops and public areas to update signs and posters. The paper was developed by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). At a recent demonstration, technicians showed off the paper's printing ability using a thermal printer, the same kind used in fax machines. And with the flip of a switch, the paper can be erased - and is ready for reuse. While there have been other forms of e-paper developed, researchers say this is the first of its kind to use a thermal printer. [John Chen, Vice President, General Director, ITRI]: (Mandarin, male) "I think the greatest breakthrough was that traditional display devices usually require electricity to write, our technology made it closer to how we would use normal paper -- first it does not require patterned electrodes, it is very light, soft, and rewritable. From this perspective, this is a true e-paper." The paper thickness is less than 5 thousandths of an inch. It's made by putting a layer of Cholestric Liquid Crystal, a type of liquid crystal structured similarly to cholesterol molecules, onto a plastic film. Chen says the advantage of using Cholestric Liquid Crystal is that it does not require a backlight, and by adding optical agents of different pitches, it can produce blue, red and green colors - ideal for use in signs or posters. The new paper is more than just tree friendly - Chen says that in the long run, "i2R e-Paper" will save energy too. [John Chen, Vice President, General Director, ITRI]: (Mandarin, male) "So far, it can be rewritten and cleared 260 times. In many cases, such as transportation tickets or ID badges, it will save you from printing the same thing 259 times. In terms of environmental protection, this is very meaningful." Chen says the e-paper's print-out resolution can reach 300 dots per inch (dpi), and its application may extend to scrolls of unlimited length, digital billboard, or ambient wallpapers. An A4-sized piece of "i2R e-Paper" costs approximately $2.00 U.S. The technology has already been transferred to a local company for mass | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
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| America's Nuclear Nightmare | |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 12 Aug 2011 A Rolling Stone article by Jeff Goodell shares shocking facts about the dangerous state of many nuclear power plants and lack of oversight in America. Is a Fukushima type meltdown inevitable in the United Sates? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/america-s-nuclear-nightmare-20110427 | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 863 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Bill Maher: New Rules - Socialism | |
| 0 Jul 2011 Bill Maher speaking on that dirty word, | |
| Date: 15 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 938 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |