The Aptera: Ultra-efficient, ultra-safe, 300mpg car

The Aptera (pictured) looks like a James Bond gadget, only much *much* smarter. This $27,000 (EUR 18,757.76 at the time of writing) car will get you 300 miles to the gallon, or 120 miles per charge for the all electric version. It’s also, in my humble opinion, drop-dead gorgeous.
There’s a lengthly post about the car [...]

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Bjorn Lomborg: Our priorities for saving the world

This is from 2005, but still worth posting nonetheless. Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg assesses what we *realistically* should do about prioritizing the major malfunctions of the world, and guess what? Global warming is at the bottom of the list. This is the man who made me fully realise, with absolute clarity (although I had [...]

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