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Oil subsidies total $500 Billion a year globally

Posted Monday, April 26th, 2010 by admin

Oil and gas subsidies total $500 billion a year globally!!

Why are global governments subsidizing the most profitable corporations in the world?

Seven of the top 20 most profitable companies worldwide were oil companies in 2008 – and their cumulative profit roughly equaled the other 13 companies added together.

Subsidies to green energy sources are only 6-9 cents on the dollar compared to oil and gas subsidies.

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Tags: Oil, oil subsidies, subsidies
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Grab yourself a set-and-forget-it backup solution

Posted Monday, April 26th, 2010 by admin

Laptop sales surpassed desktop shipments in the U.S. in 2005, according to Current Analysis, and worldwide in 2008, according to iSuppli. This makes computing more ubiquitous than ever before, but with enhanced portability comes increased risk of losing your data. Notebooks are more easily and frequently lost, stolen, dropped, exposed to water and experience hard disk failure.

Read my latest Backbone column at http://bit.ly/cddpce

Tags: back-up, backblaze, data storage, dropbox, laptop, mozy, notebook, online back-up, rebit
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Think hands-free laws make for safer drivers? Think again

Posted Monday, April 26th, 2010 by admin

Hands-free driving laws are now in effect in B.C., Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Drivers can only use a mobile phone with headset or an in-car speaker kit. These allow drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes (mostly) on the road. The laws also typically regulate other digital devices such as iPods and GPS units. These rules kicked in most recently in Ontario in October 2009 and in B.C. on Jan. 1.

Read the rest of my Backbone column at http://bit.ly/9MSPUZ

Tags: Bluetooth, hands-free, laws, Motor Vehicles, Ontario
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