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Pod cars (GNW 8/6/09: monologue)

Abu Dhabi is equipping its new sci-fi style planned city with sci-fi style podcars. The personal rapid transit pods will take up to four passengers to their location via a grid of aerial tracks. If you want to go somewhere off the grid, you’ll have to take the hovercar. / space buggy. At each station […]

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Carbon pollution for cash (GNW 8/6/09: monologue)

Australia’s 20 biggest greenhouse gas emitters will receive almost $12 billion in assistance in the first five years of the Government’s modified emissions trading scheme. Because if you’re going to effectively reduce carbon pollution, you have to make sure there’s plenty about to reduce. Australia’s 20 biggest greenhouse gas emitters will receive almost $12 billion […]

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Emissions fading (GNW 8/6/09: monologue)

The Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme is headed for defeat in the Senate as Malcolm Turnbull asks that we see what the rest of the world does before we commit. Will it burn, or will it drown? It sure will be fun to find out! The Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme is headed for defeat in the […]

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A Million Women (GNW 8/6/09: What’s the Story?)

A new campaign hopes to harness women power to fight climate change. Just get them to gossip at a wind farm! Am I right fellas? The “1 million women” campaign hopes to get a million Australian women to cut their household’s carbon emissions by a tonne over a year. Of course, the easiest way is […]

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Lawn wallabies (GNW 8/6/09: What’s the Story?)

More news about Aussies making it big overseas. British gardeners are buying wallabies as pets to trim their lawns. And they are certainly good at that, though not so much at serving tea on it. British folks are getting wallabies as an exotic alternative to sheep. Though god knows how they shear them. Not only […]

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Enviro-jargon (GNW 8/6/09: 5 Second Grab)

Environmental groups are thinking of dropping terms like “global warming”, as they tend to drive right-wingers away. Instead, the term will be replaced with “threat to water-front property”. Environmental groups are thinking of dropping terms like “global warming”, “carbon dioxide” and even “the environment”, instead hoping to walk around, flapping their mouths emptily. That way […]

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Recessionbet (GNW 8/6/09: Dishing the Dirt)

Centrebet have begun taking wagers on the unemployment figures. At long last you can bet on something you have a vested interest in. Hey, you’ve got to spend your dole on something. Finally – Centrebet and Centrelink can work together! You can actually get a pretty good estimate by counting the number of people in […]

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Employees’ sex lives is our business (GNW 8/6/09: Dishing the Dirt)

A German firm has commissioned reports on the sex lives of prospective employees. Probably fair enough for a brothel. German firm Deutsche Telekom has been producing reports on the private lives of prospective employees. Hey, when you run the phone system, who wouldn’t have a bit of a listen. German firm Deutsche Telekom has been […]

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Chocopetrol for Vegecar (GNW 8/6/09: Strange But True)

British scientists have developed a car built on fibres from plants and vegetables, and powered by chocolate waste. Driving has never been so delicious! And when two of them crash into each other, it’s not a tragedy – it’s a salad! The vehicle runs on vegetable oils and chocolate waste. What?! There’s chocolate going to […]

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Children Chained to Desk (GNW 8/6/09: Strange But True)

Parents of can now buy their slack children a “Study Ball” – a 10 kilogram steel ball-and-chain that can be programmed to remain locked for the required study period. Or until the dishes are done. / Or until those rocks are broken. It’s great for Maths and History, not so great for Phys Ed. Not […]