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synthetic fuel

First Supersonic Flight with Synthetic Fuel Shows Air Force's True Treehugging Hippy Nature

This week the US Air Force achieved the first supersonic flight using alternative synthetic fuel, booming a B-1B Lancer over the White Sands Missile Range airspace in New Mexico without any problems. The supersonic strategic bomber, designed to deliver atomic weapons, will be able to start Armageddon at $30 to $50 less per barrel while helping the environment and without depending on foreign oil. You read that well, you commie hippie treehuggers: war is getting cheaper, and it will help climate change, nuclear winter excluded. Looking at its composition, however, the synthetic fuel is certainly not as harmless as other alternatives.

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10:10 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Jesus Diaz
12,164 views, 36 comments

Latest by thegoonie: I can has Thermal Nuclear War cheaper? more »

gadgets

A Steam-Powered Battery Charger Seems Really Practical

You read that right. It's a steam-powered battery charger. Yeah, this is something we can picture everyone building on their own. More »

3:15 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Jason Chen
4,494 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: Steam seems to make sense if they use Solar and Wind for power. They only need the steam when there is insufficent wind and sunlight to charge the banks. more »

gross

Hippies Using Human Hair to Soak Up Oil Spills


If you've given more than a second glance to your greasy IT guy's matted, oily hair—or just don't wash your own that often, you might pick up that our hair holds onto oil like gas'll hit $100/gallon tomorrow. Gross, yeah, but apparently useful! Some hippies are taking mats made of human hair to mop up oil on SF beaches, which are then packed with oil-eating shrooms that turn the pads into compost for lovely landscaping. See, Exxon helps the environment! [Pop Sci]

7:00 PM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,287 views, 18 comments

Latest by n/a: $100/gallon ? A more realistic number would be $100/barrel. 1 barrel= 42 gallons more »

hippies

Make Your Hybrid a Hybrid-Hybrid with Solar Power

You're socially conscious. You drive a Prius, and you love that feeling of self-worth that it gives you. You especially love knowing that everyone else on the road knows how socially conscious you are. Well, now that hybrids like the Prius are getting more popular, it's increasingly difficult to stand out as better than everyone else. It's time to step it up a notch. More »

10:45 AM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Adam Frucci
6,605 views, 40 comments

laptops

Is the Asus EcoBook the Hippiest Laptop Ever?

When we took our first look at the Asus EcoBook back in March, we knew the laptop was going to be constructed out of bamboo but we didn't know much else. Now we know that it's probably going to be the greenest laptop available to date. Here's why: More »

9:20 AM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Jason Chen
3,259 views, 12 comments