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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Trendy source of waste | csmonitor.com
A three fold increase in plastic bottles, since 1990, due primarily to bottles for drinking water. Why do people like bottled water? It is portable, cold and ready to go right out of the fridge. This is a great opportunity for Rubbermaid to sell clear (none of that nasty cloudy stuff) plastic water bottles that are dishwasher safe and come in a pack of six. They could sell it with a holder that you put in your car to store the empties until they are ready to be washed. When they come out of the dishwasher you can fill them up with filtered water and put them in the fridge.
Submitted idea to Rubbermaid on 10/27/04.
A three fold increase in plastic bottles, since 1990, due primarily to bottles for drinking water. Why do people like bottled water? It is portable, cold and ready to go right out of the fridge. This is a great opportunity for Rubbermaid to sell clear (none of that nasty cloudy stuff) plastic water bottles that are dishwasher safe and come in a pack of six. They could sell it with a holder that you put in your car to store the empties until they are ready to be washed. When they come out of the dishwasher you can fill them up with filtered water and put them in the fridge.
Submitted idea to Rubbermaid on 10/27/04.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Breaking free | csmonitor.com
The best thing the government could do to encourage development of alternate modes of transportation would be to increase the gas tax. Right now the current gas tax does not even cover the cost of building and maintaining roads. A tax increase would force the market to find more efficient ways to travel, which is far better than letting Congress try and guess what the future will be like through legislative grants. To keep the shock to the economy to a minimum the tax could be phased in over time and accompanied by a comparable across the board income tax cut.
The best thing the government could do to encourage development of alternate modes of transportation would be to increase the gas tax. Right now the current gas tax does not even cover the cost of building and maintaining roads. A tax increase would force the market to find more efficient ways to travel, which is far better than letting Congress try and guess what the future will be like through legislative grants. To keep the shock to the economy to a minimum the tax could be phased in over time and accompanied by a comparable across the board income tax cut.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
The New York Times > Arts > Television > TV Watch: No Jokes or Spin. It's Time (Gasp) to Talk.
Good for Jon Stewart and the rest of us. The idea that we should all line up on the right or the left is for politicians so they can get voted into office. We as citizens should argue on each issue independently.
Good for Jon Stewart and the rest of us. The idea that we should all line up on the right or the left is for politicians so they can get voted into office. We as citizens should argue on each issue independently.
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