Sweden leads: Commits to Fossil-Free-Future

Treehugger.com is reporting that Sweden is going to kick its’ oil habit. Goran Persson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, has announced that his country will try to end its fossil fuel dependency by 2020. The plan is mostly based on investments and tax incentives for the use and research and development of alternative sources of …

Confirmed: Voyager 1 leaves the neighbourhood.

After 28 years the Voyager 1 space probe is still making its’ way out to the stars.. what’s more amazing is its’ still sending back useful data and will likely continue to do so for another 15 years at least! According to the report above and papers submitted to many journals, scientists now agree that …

Tracking Rita and Gas Prices

This post has now been replaced by this later one. Please monitor the latest one instead… So, I heard (rumours) on the radio station I listen to (CFOX.com The FOX ROCKS!) today that Gas Prices in Nova Scotia and in parts of Ontario are spiking at $1.80 and $2.20/L in anticipation of Hurricane Rita. This …