OK, Bonds now owns the home run record. Congratulations Barry. Now, can we please stop talking about him?

Via Hacked Gadgets:



This is a jet powered school bus. Yes, you read that right, jet powered. There’s also a video of it doing stupid engine tricks at Hacked Gadgets…My guess is more people would want to drive school buses if they had that kind of engine.




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Originally posted at Montara Energy Ventures:

Tesla Coupe


From CNN:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Tesla Motors’ all-electric Roadster sports car will start rolling out to nearly 600 buyers lined up for the $100,000 vehicle by October or November, after a slight delay, the company’s chief said on Tuesday.

“We will definitely ship in that time frame,” CEO and co-founder Martin Eberhard told Reuters at a meeting of the Motor Press Guild, noting that the company had originally expected to begin deliveries during the summer.

… [on moving down market and why Tesla will whip GM]

“If I sell 10,000 White Stars (Tesla’s $65k family car,) it will be a screaming success for me,” he said. “But 10,000 Chevys sold would be a disaster.”

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This is pretty cool stuff. It glows in the dark and can be seen up to 400 feet (~130 meters) through 180 degrees. Can’t wait to get some? Visit Italian company Elshine.

Perhaps this is the way that religion can be removed from government? That was the plan all along, replace god with surveillance…

Originally posted at Montara Energy Ventures

Italcementi Cement Plant


Yesterday, Ormat announced a $5.7M deal with Italcementi Group to be installed at a Martinsburg, West Virginia cement plant. While the total size of the plant in MW was not disclosed, we believe it to be in the 3.5MW range. This marks another win in Ormat’s strategy to diversify from geothermal into the waste heat harvest business.