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Otis wasn't sure if it was really a crashed spaceship or not!
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It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food.
According to released at the end of July, the world economy will have to improve its "carbon productivity" - the amount of gross domestic product (GDP) created per unit of CO2 - by a factor of ten by 2050 to stop global climate change in its tracks while continuing to enable a healthy level of growth. The report predicts that the cost of this transformation will amount to 0.6% - 1.3% of global GDP by 2030. They note that this compares favorably to the cost of insurance born by economies, which amounts to more than 3% of GDP.
It's fun to see the articles and news reports on the upside of high gas prices - last night on the news was a report on how the air is getting a bit cleaner in the Bay Area because people are driving less.
Along these lines, Technology Review had an article the other day about . On both general advertising sites like and carpool-specific sites, drivers and riders are getting together to get together.
Although some people turned to these sites long ago to help reduce pollution or take advantage of faster, high-occupancy vehicle lanes that require at least two occupants, the pocketbook has been the largest influencer of all.
