March 2009
8 posts
TESLA - Model S →
“With a 300-mile range and 45-minute QuickCharge, the $49,900 Tesla Model S can carry five adults and two children in quiet comfort – and you can charge it from any outlet, without ever stopping for gas.
World’s first mass-produced electric vehicle offers performance, efficiency and unrivaled utility, making it the only car you’ll ever need.”
American taste for soft toilet roll 'worse than... →
“Extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply toilet roll made from virgin wood causes more damage than gas-guzzlers, fast food or McMansions, say campaigners”
High Tech Misery in China: The Dehumanization of... →
dailymeh:
A description of the working conditions at the Meitai Plastics & Electronics factory in China:
Two thousand workers, mostly young women, produce computer equipment including keyboards and printer cases for Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft and IBM.
Workers are prohibited from talking, listening to music, raising their heads, putting their hands in their pockets. Workers...
“Consuming less may be the single biggest thing you can do to save carbon...”
– Via NewScientist: Why politicians dare not limit economic growth.
GOOD →
Good magazine. Literally.
