wow - looks like california could be getting a fancy high speed train system, connecting northern california to southern california. a high speed train trip of 220 miles per hour from san francisco to los angeles has an estimated travel time of 2 hours 38 minutes. that’s awesome! and smart! this high speed train system will be funded by a bond in the upcoming november 2008 called ‘The Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century.’ so vote yes on it! lots more detailed information on the high speed train at gas2.0 and also venturebeat.
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the bright minds over at luxim have created an incredible new light bulb that is the size of a small pill and turns out 140 lumens per watt. that’s pretty damn amazing!!! quoting the post on treehugger about the luxin plasma bulbs: “At 140 lumens/watt, these pill-sized plasma light bulbs by Luxim are a pretty awesome contender for “light of the future”. They are almost 10 times more efficient than traditional incandescent light bulbs, twice as efficient as current high-end LEDs, and they also beat CFLs, most of which are around 50-80 lumens/watt.” that is great! mass produce them now please!