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The Super-powered Magnetic Wind Turbine

http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/26/super-powered-magnetic-wind-turbine-maglev From the page: Maglev wind turbines have several advantages over conventional wind turbines. For instance, they’re able to use winds with starting speeds as low as 1.5 meters per second (m/s). Also, they could operate in winds exceeding 40 m/s. Currently, the largest conventional wind turbines in the world produce only five megawatts of power. However, one large maglevContinue readingThe Super-powered Magnetic Wind Turbine

Most at NYU say their vote has a price – Washington Square News

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6892.html Just wow. Unbelievable. And to think that so many people have fought to ensure that even imbeciles such as these would have the right to cast their vote. It sickens me. “anyone who’d sell his lifelong right to vote should be deported.” Amen to that! By the way, votes for women were first seriously proposed in the United StatesContinue readingMost at NYU say their vote has a price – Washington Square News

Billboard Q&A in which Gene Simmons is a dick

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003671447 From the page: Billboard – But some artist like Radiohead and Trent Reznor are trying to find a new business model. G. Simmons replies – That doesn’t count. You can’t pick on one person as an exception. And that’s not a business model that works. I open a store and say “Come on in and pay whatever you want.”Continue readingBillboard Q&A in which Gene Simmons is a dick

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