Alistair Darling today set out plans for a massive £20 billion shot in the arm
for the ailing economy - including a cut in VAT from 17.5 per cent to 15 per
cent starting next Monday.
Alistair Darling today set out plans for a massive £20 billion shot in the arm
for the ailing economy - including a cut in VAT from 17.5 per cent to 15 per
cent starting next Monday.
I honestly believe people should spend less money during the holidays and focus more on creating lifetime memories. But when you do shop, wouldn't it be great if you got something more for your money than the material item itself? What... Read more...
They may have crushed all of the EV1 electric cars, but they didn't crush the technology; it lives on at Aerovironment, used primarily in industrial vehicles and forklifts.
The technology behind PosiCharge grew out of AV's development of the modern electric car for General Motors. Introduced in 1989, the GM Impact was a breakthrough in EV design and systems integration. When tasked... Read more...
“For the last 3 and a half years, I have been working on a long journey to becoming a Vegan. My first and main reason behind this lifestyle... Read more...
TreeHugger loves the idea of rainwater harvesting and has shown quite a few solutions for storing it; they are usually big tanks that are either buried or quite visible above grade. They are also as big when they are empty as they are when filled.
Jim Harrington takes another approach; he invented the rainwater pillow, a flexible bladder that expands to hold rainwater. It is... Read more...
TreeHugger has shown a few (often expensive Italian) compact living systems that integrate many functions into a very small space. Mid Sweden University students Sarah Remnerth, Anna Fossanne, Magnus Gustavsson and Anna Thorseaus focused on "space, storage and sociality." it seems to be built without a lot of fancy hardware and could probably be built economically....Read more...