The green movement gets more shrill by the day. Via Treehugger, “Pee and wash in the same fixture”:
To save water, Eco Urinal is designed to use the water that was used for washing hands to flush the urine. By this process, we don’t have to use water twice after using the urinal.
Moreover, it reduces the establishment expenses by optimizing the materials. Upper space of this urinal is made with glass, and it helps to secure a clear view for users. It also promotes people to keep their sanitation because people need to wash their hands to flush the urine after use.
Today’s World News has a great round up of Glenn Beck’s 8/28 rally
Via BoingBoing:
Like I'm going to ride my bike 35 miles to work. One way. In mid January...
Eight-Twenty-Eight: Too Big To Ignore
Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Swing states swinging away from Obama
Even with a fast track ‘Green Technology’ patents (how about fat tracking, you know, regular patents), there isn’t much patentable innovation flowing in. Via treehugger:
Back in December we learned that green tech companies were receiving a fast track through the US patent process in order to boost innovation among start-ups and innovators. The first 3,000 applicants would sail through the process in just 12 months, as opposed to 40 months. We asked if zipping through the patent process would really move green tech forward. Turns out, it doesn’t. The fast track program is already off course for filling up the 3,000 slots.
According to Martin LaMonica at CNET, the trial program has only had 1,477 patent petitions since December. When over 25,000 patents would have qualified for the fast track process, what gives?
No one really knows for sure — it’s just simply not as booming as it was thought it would be. One possibility is that it’s relatively expensive to go through the patent process, and green tech companies are struggling as it is. Also, not a high number of the applicants actually meet the qualifications, let alone even need patents for what they’re doing — much of what’s happening in clean tech is based on innovations that have already been patented. (emphasis added)
Like I’ve said before, the green movement is trying to save the planet with turn of the century technology.
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Thanks for the link Steve! Those vacuum tubes still warm up some great sounding guitar amps though. Heh, speaking of, do you remember waiting for the TV or radio to warm up?
Tube amps have the bests sound. And, yes I do remember waiting for the TV to ‘warm up’.
Thanks for the linky. I have a small collection of Tube radios. Most of them are working. Great for the talk radio!
Not a problem… We (my dad) had a two old tube radios until an enterprising..… young lad wanted to see just exactly what was going on inside both of them.