Via TreeHugger, a cool alternative to rubber seems to be in the works....from everyday dandelions. Discovery News
is highlighting an interesting development in the field of rubber.
Via True Majority
And for an explanation of why committing to nuclear disarmament makes sense as a national priority, don't miss Matthew Yglesias' On Day One contribution.
Short Range ballistic Nuclear weapons must become a thing of the past, with current technology we do not need to destroy the environment to fight wars, this is obvious even to a private citizen. STOP FUNDING NUKES.
Stop all plans and subsidies for new coal-fired or nuclear power plants. Go wind, solar, geo-thermal, etc.: green, in other words. Put funding behind this.