More progress in electric cars, in China

Chinese build electric car while US automakers beg for money | DeSmogBlog

BDY's F3DM model can travel up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) on a single
battery charge and it contains a back-up independent gas-powered motor.
The big kicker is that its retail price is $22,000 US

Alternative energy study puts wind power on top

Good news for wind, bad for ethanol in major energy study



The results of his mathematical ranking are both rational and
unexpected. Wind power emerged as the overall victor. When teamed with
battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, it claimed the top
two spots by winning seven of the eleven categories. Photovoltaics are
an unexpected also-ran, failing to make the top five. Politically
favored ethanol stands out as the big loser of the study, falling
behind "clean coal," a technology many consider a dead end. Ouch.

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Sales of Mac declining

Apple suffers in economic downturn - The Inquirer

THE US PRESS seem deeply shocked that even Jobs' Mob is feeling the pinch in the economic downturn.

A recent article by the Wall Street Journal said that even
Apple is beginning to suffer in this year's dismal holiday season, as
if it expected the outfit to be immune to the woes of the economy.

With hushed breath it noted that sales of Macs had actually declined
a year ago while sales of other brands of PCs managed to increase by
two percent. 

How can that be? People always buy Apple don't they? Steve Jobs told them so.

NPD analyst Steve Baker pointed out that there had been a 35 per cent drop in sales of desktop Macs