Monday, 19 April 2004

Mac Voyeurs in a Windows World Microsoft is a hotbed of secret Apple fans. Just ask Lenn Pryor, a Microsoft director who transformed his Sony Vaio into a pseudo-PowerBook. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] All one happy family.... 3:28:58 PM    comment []; Are Hybrids as Green as Fuel Cells? NPR's All Things Considered had an interview (audio only) recently with journalist Matt Wald, "author of an article questioning the optimistic vision of the so-called "hydrogen economy" published in the May 2004 issue of Scientific American." Wald talks about "wells to wheels," the total efficiency and pollution from source to use of different methods of powering cars. Apparently buying a hybrid (a Prius, presumably) is just as green as a fuel cell would be. via [BoingBoing] I don't know whether that is good news or bad news. I mean it's great that the Prius is as green as a Fuel Cell car, but I had had higher hopes for fuel cells! Unrelated, I recently read that somebody at DaimlerChrysler said that the European emission rules are soon becoming so strict that any cow-fart will release more gases than cars will be aloud to. To which I say, I hope so! 3:25:37 PM    comment [];

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