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The prima donna of all hybrid cars, the Toyota Prius has released its 2010 edition and by all accounts has delivered its most perfect model so far. The most significant change is the enlarged and more [...]
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One of the most compelling ad I’ve seen in a while – Save Trees. Trees save.
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You know some people are simply itching to criticize when they pick minor faults in an animated movie to write a full-length column. Daniel Engber faults Wall·E for equating obesity with environmental collapse. He chides the movie for making fun of fat people and reminds us that genes have more to do with obesity than [...]
Patrix | Environment, Movies | 3 Comments »
Now since we are blaming all and sundry for rising food prices across the world, why not include everyone’s whipping boy, the fat people? In a letter published Friday in the medical journal Lancet, two scientists write that obese people are disproportionately responsible for high food prices and greenhouse gas emissions because they consume 18% [...]
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One of the worst nightmares of Indian public transportation is in using the toilets in the long-distance trains. Even the so-called upper class trains like the Rajdhani didn’t have half-decent toilets at least when I last traveled. I remember holding it back for the entire journey which sometimes lasted couple of days just so that [...]
Patrix | Environment, Governance, India | 13 Comments »
My friends in Atlanta might be having a little less water to splash around. Georgia is experiencing its worst drought and the city’s primary water source, Lake Lanier is at historic low levels. The water scarcity problem has been further exacerbated by the need to let go water from the reservoir downstream to Florida and [...]
Patrix | Environment, Sustainability, United States, Urban Planning | 2 Comments »
After winning the Oscar and an Emmy for his contribution in filming his movement against global warming, Al Gore made it a Triple Crown by adding the Nobel Peace Prize to his kitty. The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Al Gore and UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.Incidentally, the head of the [...]
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Nope, I am not going to ask you to stop driving your car. The wheel, according to me has been man’s greatest invention and has radically altered our civilization so we don’t expect it to go away any time soon. At the same time, the way we use our wheels may be important for the [...]
Patrix | Environment, Society Culture | 3 Comments »
“Visitors to the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa won’t find the Gideon Bible in the nightstand drawer. Instead, on the bureau will be a copy of “An Inconvenient Truth,” former Vice President Al Gore’s book about global warming” [source]. The hotel in question uses environmentally friendly measures in its operations such as waterless [...]
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I have been under the weather for the past week going through my ‘annual bout’ of cold and flu. To make matters worse, the rest of the continental U.S. also has been experiencing the vagaries of weather this weekend. It is April and it is snowing in places as close as Dallas. While we were [...]
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Michael Cera is the only bright spark in an otherwise listless comedy.
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Love political movies so loved this one too. Frank Langella plays a terrific Nixon.
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Outrageously funny. Not recommended for watching with your kids or parents.
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