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The editor-in-chief giveaway: Win Ryan Block's gadgets {Engadget}
Aug 24th 2008 12:04PM Stuff, please. :)
London 2008: Lotus unveils the Evora {Autoblog}
Jul 22nd 2008 12:26PM Ugh. Ok.
Sentence one: There's a lot of Tesla Roadster in that design.
In this sentence, I mention that the design is reminiscent of the Tesla's.
Sentence two: Methinks the designers were peeking into the factory where they're building the Tesla chassis.
Wherein I make it clear that I'm aware Lotus build the Tesla's chassis and I make a cheeky (and apparently inscrutable to you two) joke that the Evora's designers were "peeking" at the Tesla.
To sum up, the Evora looks a little like the Tesla, the Tesla is a modified Elise. I like all three cars' designs. Everyone happy?
London 2008: Lotus unveils the Evora {Autoblog}
Jul 22nd 2008 11:57AM Wow. You had to get through two whole sentences, and you just couldn't do it. Had to comment after reading one.
No kidding the Tesla is based on a Lotus. I said that in sentence #2. My point is that the exterior design borrows a lot from the Tesla (which is in turn derivative of other cars, etc., etc., blah blah blah.)
London 2008: Lotus unveils the Evora {Autoblog}
Jul 22nd 2008 11:25AM There's a lot of Tesla Roadster in that design. Methinks the designers were peeking into the factory where they're building the Tesla chassis.
Drobo gets dev community and SDK beta: run UPnP, BitTorrent, and any other servers you want {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 5:55PM I totally agree. Another good option is the Qnap TS-409.
http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=86
It's cheaper than the Drobo, has gigabit networking built in, and supports BitTorrent, iTunes, and 360 / PS3 streaming out of the box.
Stating the obvious: cross country rallies have huge carbon footprint {Autoblog}
Jun 26th 2008 9:45PM "That only works if the trees that grow are never cut down or burned."
Not true, although I take your larger point. A responsible carbon offset company that grows trees as the offset will have a "time to offset" listed. Usually it's in the 2-4 year range, so if they were cut down before then, you'd lose some of the benefit.
"Also, note that some carbon offset companies in Europe were found to be cutting down trees no one had paid for as offsets in order to clear space where they could plant trees that people had paid for."
Caveat emptor in all things, I suppose; unscrupulousness knows no bounds.
Stating the obvious: cross country rallies have huge carbon footprint {Autoblog}
Jun 26th 2008 8:18PM First of all - road rallies are legal. Secondly, I'm a "greenie" and I love motorsport. I get up at 4am to watch F1 races. It's my choice to drive a sports car that only gets 23mpg, just as it's my choice to offset my carbon footprint each year.
http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/individuals/category/Offset%20Now/
There's a place for responsible enjoyment of what little of the black stuff we have left to us.
Stating the obvious: cross country rallies have huge carbon footprint {Autoblog}
Jun 26th 2008 8:10PM Not sure where you got your pricing data 12k per car is off by an order of magnitude. TerraPass offers a 12,000 lb offset for $71.40.
http://www.terrapass.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TerraPass&Product_Code=TPXH
Stating the obvious: cross country rallies have huge carbon footprint {Autoblog}
Jun 26th 2008 8:03PM Because the money is "given away" to companies that, for example, plant enough trees to get rid of an equivalent amount of C02. That's why they call it an "offset."
Stating the obvious: cross country rallies have huge carbon footprint {Autoblog}
Jun 26th 2008 7:48PM People, no one is banning the rally - it's going to continue. All this story does is bring to prominence the damage done by the rally. Once the rally founders and participants have complete information about what they're doing to the ecology of the planet, they're perfectly free to make their own decisions. If they decide to press on, more power to 'em.
Personally, I think the best thing for the rally organizers to do would be to include carbon offsets in the price of admission. It already costs several thousand dollars to enter these rallies. Why not add in a hundred dollars (approx.) to offset the carbon footprint? It's no skin off the neck of the millionaire rally drivers, it's a PR coup for the organizers, and it shows that car owners actually CAN have a little fun without hurting anything.
