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We left the following note on the Obama for President website:
While I am not an American, I have an idea that Mr. Obama might consider . . .
What if?
Mr. Obama takes public financing for the campaign.
Then
Directs supporters to direct their “campaign donations” to fund 1 public project on the ground in [...]

Tesla Motors, the automobile startup with backers that include Sergey Brin and Larry Page, held a party tonight to mark the launch of its Menlo Park storefront. The store, which is the company’s second, will be open to the general public beginning this Tuesday.
Despite Tesla Motors’ well deserved reputation as a high-end car manufacturer, it [...]

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Rock Port Missouri, with a population of just over 1,300 residents, has announced that it is the first 100% wind powered community in the United States. Four wind turbines supply all the electricity for the small town.
Rock Port’s 100% wind power status is due to four wind turbines located on agricultural [...]

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In an ominous sign for Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial machine, venture capital firms are cutting back on their investments in companies at their earliest stage of development and being forced to provide extra financing for later-stage companies that can’t leave the nest and go public.
Overall, venture capital investment remained flat at about $7.4 [...]

An artist’s representation shows how a cost effective solar concentrator could help make existing solar panels more efficient. The dye-based organic solar concentrator functions without the use of tracking or cooling systems, greatly reducing the overall cost compared to other concentrator technologies. Dye molecules coated on glass absorb sunlight, and re-emit it at a different [...]