Europe hit with huge carbon credit theft, but no one in the media seems to care

excerpt:  “That’s not a small theft ($79 Million). It happened back in January. Why has there been basically no mainstream media follow-up on this? They’re taking the time to slog through Sarah Palin’s old emails today.”

Student Loan Debt, a personal story.

Not about how he cleverly found a way to pay off the debt, its about the mental sea change he experienced about owing a huge debt that he couldn’t repay. And the changes in what he expects from life, no credit cards, can’t own a car…etc..

The solar-powered bikini that will be music to your ears

I’ve heard of taking the sun, but this is ridiculous. A designer in America (where else?) has developed a “solar bikini” that will run your MP3 player, or recharge your camera, while you sunbathe.

Selling for around £120, the itsy bitsy black garment is covered in 40 small photovoltaic cells, sewn together with conductive thread, with a female (naturally) USB connection. Delivering five volts, it can charge an iPod in just two hours. The designer, Andrew Schneider, is now promising he will shortly produce male trunks – dubbed the iDrink – whose “greater surface area” will produce enough power to “cool a single beer”.

These powered swimsuits presage the growing development of “thin-film” solar panels, which can be printed like a page rather than constructed from costly silicon. This promises to provide a host of new ways of generating electricity, and bring costs crashing down.

Mark Little, global research director for the GE conglomerate, predicted recently that within five years thin-film could make solar power cheaper than electricity generated by fossil fuels or atoms. Meanwhile, Schneider swears that those who have worn his bikini have been surprised at how comfortable it is. It will run “anything you can power or charge through a USB connection,” he says, and you can even swim in it – although it would be wise to “make sure you are absolutely dry before you plug your iPod in”.    I love the English!

Starlite, the nuclear blast-defying plastic that could change the world

To good to be true? Or is truth stranger than fiction?