Misfiring Neurons Just another geek with a blog

14Nov/08Off

Powering the world

Scary prospect: the International Energy Agency predicts that the share of electricity produced from coal will rise to about 44% by the year 2030, approximately double that of renewable energy sources.

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31Mar/08Off

Cocaine: Now with even more added guilt

Does this mean there is a market for organic cocaine? Anyone? ;-)

Snorting cocaine is an environmental crime whatever your views on drug use, scientists declared last week.

Unsurprisingly, the deforestation, chemical processing, and illegal methods of transportation of cocaine are very far from green ideals. Of course, the environmental issues would largely go away if only the drug was made legal... Via El Reg.

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