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  No AC

  Look for an old church while you're there, one with two feet thick stone walls. You should find it cool even without AC.

  You can tell there's a different way of thinking in Europe, or maybe it's just that they've been doing things that way for so long and their streets have always been that narrow, so they work around it. I miss the buildings. North American ones are shabby in comparison, and design so incredibly limited and unvaried here. Some friends of mine (who've never been to Europe) keep insisting that it's because North Americans want everything to be cheaper upfront, but I don't buy that. It's just an established pattern and less regulation that leaves us with crappier, more uniform products. The more research you do, the more you realize we're getting the lowest common denominator compared to Europe.On Observations from a freshly minted Germanic expert posted 1 year, 4 months ago 3 Responses

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  and also offsets..

  On the topic of funding from offsets, has anybody heard of this for funding better public transportation, or augmenting it in ways to make it more attractive, increasing ridership? I suppose the accounting would be far trickier, so maybe that's why it's not an obvious choice.On Goldman says oil 'likely' to hit $150-$200 by 2010 posted 1 year, 6 months ago 58 Responses

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  wiscidea - solar ovens

  I've looked into this a little bit too, because I thought I'd read solar ovens were cheap, but then I came across several people selling them for prices comparable to conventional ovens. I've heard they've been widely distributed in Darfur to increase safety of women, preventing them from needing to travel far from home in search of fuel. If someone knew what they were doing they might be able to start a program to distribute them and get funding from an GHG offset company. It seems like there are a lot of areas where providing funding or other types of assistance to developing countries could provide far greater returns per dollar in terms of GHG reductions than in the developed world where we have more efficient technology. Also in terms of the way food is produced, this might be a factor, preventing deforestation for both food and fuel amongst desperately poor and hungry people. And then there's the added bonus of building up social capital and good will, preventing the need for mass migrations..On Goldman says oil 'likely' to hit $150-$200 by 2010 posted 1 year, 6 months ago 58 Responses

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  Getting food to market

  I thought some people might find this interesting:

  The hauling fee on a trailer load of vegetables can cost a grocery store $1,000. That store can be billed an extra $400 to cover higher diesel prices.

  Easson said his customers plead for discounts, but he can't run his 150 trucks without that money. He said a smaller firm in New Brunswick has already parked its trucks after explaining the choice to its main customer.

  "They said I'm going to withdraw service for three weeks while you think about whether to pay the fuel surcharge or not, and if you pay I'll open up, and if you don't I'll stay closed," he said.

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  Correction

  That should be long distance, not long term.On A candidate finally discusses public transit ... at a random lunch posted 1 year, 6 months ago 30 Responses