Are Green Power Programs a Scam? - Mother Jones

When a hawker at an Oregon farmers market urged Laura McCandlish—with a coupon for free veggies and a postcard with pictures of bucolic windmills—to sign up for her utility's green power program, she thought it sounded like a good deal: For a few extra pennies per kilowatt hour, her home's energy would come from local turbines instead of dirty coal plants. Right?

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The Potential for a 40-MPH Man - Wired

New research suggests the human body is capable of handling running speeds up to 40 miles per hour, if only our muscles could contract faster.

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Could Cars Have Contributed to Mortgage Meltdown? - Wired

Study of foreclosures in three cities finds those who don't have access to mass transit and are more dependent on the cars they own are more likely to default on their mortgage.

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