First up, people who get rid of their fridge to reduce their carbon footprint. And how do they cope? They bring home ice from the ice machine at work. I guess that doesn't have a carbon footprint, does it? The really bad thing is that the moronic reporter from the NY Times doesn't even see the connection. If you can't do, teach. If you can't teach, report.
Next up, The Guardian, where they are reporting on a plan in Britain to use speed bumps to generate electricity. The reporter, who must have slept through the first and second laws of thermodynamics, credulously reports that this power will be "free." Granted, some small amount of energy that would have been wasted may get captured, but the deflection of the speed bump will steal even more kinetic energy from the car, meaning more smoke up the tailpipe. Nothing in this universe is free.
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