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The government is using our tax dollars to research self-propelled cars and edible space rovers, neither of which will be of much use to the average person. But the CIA is working on a generator that produces electricity with no fuel?now THAT’S something we could use!

John Dillin writes in The Christian Science Monitor that SkyBuilt Power Inc. is designing a generator that is so touch it can be parachuted out of an airplane and set up anywhere, because it?s fueled by solar and wind energy. Besides being valuable for the military, this would have been invaluable for victims of Katrina?especially for hospitals and nursing homes that were hit by the hurricane.
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James Kunstler, a recent guest on Dreamland radio who has written the book “The Long Emergency,” recently gave a speech that absolutely every American needs to hear. He said, “Never before in American history have the public and its leaders shown such a lack of resolve, or even interest, in circumstances that will change forever how we live. Even the Civil War was preceded by years of talk, if not action. But in 2005 we barely have enough talk about what is happening to add up to a public conversation. Our failure to pay attention to what is important is unprecedented, even supernatural.” click here to read the rest of this stunning speech. To hear Whitley’s interview of Jim (and Anne’s subscriber interview), subscribe today.
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A new hybrid grass may become a valuable fuel source that can substitute for oil, coal and natural gas. Miscanthus giganteus can grow 13 feet high. Europeans have been burning compacted grass pellets for decades. They don’t use them in their cars, but that day could be coming soon. Meanwhile, grass makes an excellent biofuel for home heating. Despite the potential pollution from smoke, burning grass is approved of by environmentalists. Instead of mowing their fields to produce hay, farmers could easily produce compressed grass pellets.
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Gas prices are rising so quickly, in response to the situation in the Middle East and do disasters like Katrina, that university professors are researching how to save gas. However, gas prices tend to fall much more slowly, and experts say this is partly the fault of consumers.

How can this be when we feel like the victims? But a recent study suggests that while consumers hunt for the lowest possible prices when costs are rising, they don’t shop around as much when prices start falling, but tend to go to the nearest gas station or the one where they can use their gas credit card. The result is that gas stations don’t have much incentive to drop prices quickly when wholesale costs drop.
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