Jim H. sent us this: Three-in-one oven could ease energy needs in developing world
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This thread over at the often-wacky Above Top Secret forum is a must read: An event at my grocery store. This describes the chaos caused by a minor power and data glitch that caused credit card and WIC payment terminals to go down. And then the store’s ATM (“cash machine”) went down… Keep in mind that this was just a brief interruption at one grocery store. Extrapolate from this small event for a more serious, widespread situation, where the power grids go down. “Katie, bar the door!”
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KAF forwarded this New York Times op-ed piece on the tomato blight: You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster
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