I’ve been curious about the bee news for a while, but today’s Independent has the first story that suggests a possible cause for the sudden death of bee colonies across America: The alarm was first sounded last autumn, but has now hit half of all American states. The West Coast is thought to have lost … Continue reading Mobile phones suspected in bee colony collapse
Lornamatic has posted a fabulously written story of a terrible customer experience at a car dealer run by Hitchcock Automotive. In a nutshell the dealer demanded a thumbprint to seal the sale of a car but did not provide any assurance to the customer about the safety or use of the thumbprint, and so the … Continue reading Hitchcock Automotive and Your Fingerprints
by John Milton (1608 – 1674) In either hand the hast’ning angel caught Our ling’ring parents, and to th’ eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain: then dissapeared. They looking back, all th’ eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that … Continue reading The Expulsion from Eden
Big news in the diesel market from Green Car Congress as the promises made last year are starting to come to fruition. For example, check out the new Audi Q7 V12 monster based on the diesel race car that crushed the non-diesel competition at the Le Mans: …Audi has applied a 6.0-liter, Euro-5 compliant 12-cylinder … Continue reading Clean Diesel Engines Arrive!