In October 1996, writer William Booth predicted that tractors would soon get really clever, and 12 years later, John Deere's newest model is wicked smart. Old-school machines are dumb as dirt, dumping the same amount of fertilizer and pesticide ...
He brought you the seat belt. He launched a consumer advocacy empire. He got 2,883,105 votes in the 2000 presidential election, which critics argue helped put George W. Bush in the White House. Ralph Nader has earned fame -- and infamy -- for many ...
Fred Krupp isn't your typical tree hugger. Chided by radicals for wooing corporate partners, the president of the Environmental Defense Fund is revered in Silicon Valley for championing a capitalist approach to clean energy. His new book, Earth: The ...
What is high definition exactly? What are the advantages of switching to high definition? Is it a good time to get into high-definition video? Is HD equipment expensive? What are the differences between Blu-ray and HD DVD video? Which one ...
Why are environmental issues priorities for you? I love my state, and I love the environment that makes Florida so special and beautiful. When I was a little kid, I used to go fishing with my father in Tampa Bay. That had a profound impact upon me -- ...
Nov. 19, 2007 | Should you heart Huckabee? The jovial former Arkansas governor famously shed 100 pounds in two years and became an outspoken health and fitness advocate, and now he's focusing that can-do attitude on a much weightier problem: America's ...
John McCain likes to project a tough-guy stance on the issues, and global warming is no exception. "Americans solve problems. We don't run from them," he's quoted as saying on the environment page of his Web site, which goes on to argue that "ignoring ...
In the ruthless world of auto racing, aerodynamics can make the difference between stunning victory and fiery oblivion. That's why Windshear is plowing $40 million into America's first rolling wind tunnel, a nearly 20,000-square-foot facility in North ...
Consider this curiosity of United States environmental policy: Countless federal laws have been written to preserve far-flung wilderness that Americans rarely visit (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, for instance) and endangered species that we ...
To extract oil from the Jack field, a rig will have to negotiate freezing waters, boiling oil, and seismic uncertainty. Here’s how. 1) Stable platform Giant engines at each corner of the drilling rig keep everything stable. When the ocean pulls one ...
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