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Now GPS Can Tell You Where the Cops Are

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:32:04 GMT

clipped by: bmman89

Flashing oncoming motorists with your high beams used to be an effective, if low-tech, way to warn them about speed traps up the road. But radar-gun wielding cops have increasingly given way to photo-enforcement cameras that nab drivers with a click of a shutter, and those can be hard to spot.

But now the wonders of Web 2.0 and portable navigation systems can use motorists' tips and Google maps to help keep you from appearing on your local police department's version of candid camera.

Shannon Atkinson launched Njection.com as a place for gearheads to shoot the breeze about anything and everything auto-related. It wasn't long before he sensed a theme in the posts. “One of the biggest topics on the site became speed traps and cameras,”

So Atkinson added Speedtrap, a feature that combines drivers' tips with Google Maps to identify speed traps

Now, the information can be downloaded directly to portable navigation devices from Garmin, Mio, TomTom and others via Njection.com

Tags: speed, cops, police, web2.0

How to get cheap gas

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:42:19 GMT

clipped by: deb2012
clipper's remarks: 3 ideas can make a huge difference

Clip Source: moneyandmarkets.com

The U.S. consumes about 20.6 million barrels of oil per day, or roughly 25% of global demand.

we use A LOT more petroleum than other countries

The good news is that prices for oil and gasoline are made on the margins — if America cuts its oil use by 10% or even 5%, that should send the price lower ... maybe a lot lower.

Lower The Price of Oil

1) Bring Back 55-Mile-Per-Hour Speed Limits

2) Telecommute.

3) Peer Pressure.

If the leaders of the herd (President and Congress) get up and say it's our patriotic duty to do away with fuel economy exemptions for SUVs

it could really help

Simply rolling back the speed limits and doing the other gas-saving tips I talked about cuts our gasoline use by 10%.

And that, my friend, is how you get cheap gas.

Tags: energy, gasoline, conservation

Candidates on NUCLEAR energy

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:37:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: for me, Clinton wins this one.

Clip Source: uk.reuters.com

McCain supports it wholeheartedly

can use nuclear power more extensively

supports the Yucca Mountain storage facility

OBAMA

Clip Source: uk.reuters.com

believes it is unlikely

the United States can achieve its goals

without nuclear power

will make safeguarding nuclear material

a top anti-terrorism priority

opposes using Yucca Mountain

as the nation's main disposal site.

CLINTON

believes that energy efficiency and renewable sources such as wind and solar energy are better options

because of unresolved concerns about the cost of producing nuclear power, the safety of operating plants, waste disposal and nuclear proliferation.

opposes new subsidies for nuclear power

Clip Source: uk.reuters.com

opposes Yucca Mountain

Tags: energy, nuclear, politics

How much are you paying for this war?

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:28:17 GMT

clipped by: deb2012
clipper's remarks: If every family knew they would have to each pay near $50,000 for the Iraq war, Bush's approval rating might be at ZERO right now. At 25% approval rating, those 25% are still clueless how much this war is costing our country. The Outstanding Public Debt as of NOW is: $9,354,811,947,563 making each citizen's share $30,777. I'm not sure if it's worth it or not, but at least we ought to know that there's more fiscal malfeasance than ever.

Clip Source: investorshub.advfn.com

We’ll still be making disability payments to Iraq war veterans 50 years from now.

A Congressional study by the Joint Economic Committee found that the sums spent on the Iraq war each day could enroll an additional 58,000 children in Head Start or give Pell Grants to 153,000 students to attend college. Or if we’re sure we want to invest in security, then a day’s Iraq spending would finance another 11,000 border patrol agents or 9,000 police officers.

if you believe that staying in Iraq does more good than harm, you must answer the next question: Is that presence so valuable that it is worth undermining our economy?

All that would consume less than one month’s spending on the Iraq war.

Professor Stiglitz calculates that the eventual total cost of the war will be about $3 trillion. For a family of five like mine, that amounts to a bill of almost $50,000.

Tags: economy, iraq, debt