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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5048)	5/19/2005 8:55:57 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

From our friends in Canada Maya 100 EV 230 mpc 80 mph top speed $70,000 sticker price greencarcongress.com Or buy a used VW Passat TDI for $6,000 .. Have $64,000 to buy diesel @ $2.50/gal .. 18 gal tank @ 45 mpg = 810 mile range per tank .. 25,600 gallons @ 45 mpg = 1,152,000 miles of motoring hmmmmmm .. I'll be long dead before I use my allotted miles .. Triff ..

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5048)	5/20/2005 11:04:40 AM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

Antarctica scientists get big ice cube delivery Thu May 19, 1:12 PM ET The last thing Australian scientists in Antarctica need is a lifetime supply of ice cubes. But an iceberg more than twice the size of Malta has ground to a halt near an Australian outpost on the frozen continent, blotting out much of the horizon. The 50 km-long (31 mile) iceberg is part of a bigger iceberg that broke apart from the Ross Ice Shelf more than five years ago, the Australian Antarctic Division said. The iceberg, big enough to make 15 thousand million ice cubes, has drifted more than a thousand km (620 miles) in recent months to Australia's remote Casey Station, a 16-building encampment opened in 1959 to conduct research. Station leader Jeremy Smith said the iceberg was clearly visible as a long ice cliff stretching across the horizon. "But often it is sulking in shadow and difficult to distinguish from the sky in the background," he said in a statement. In time it is expected to continue its westward drift around the continent, Smith said. There was no known impact on wildlife in the area, he said.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5048)	5/20/2005 1:43:06 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

Wall Street Journal on Cypress Semiconductor, Technology Journal, May 19, 2005, p. B4 Cypress Cashes In With Solar Chips After evaluating multiple renewable energy alternatives, Cypress Semiconductor decided to incorporate solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to reduce their operating costs and take a leadership role in promoting renewable technology. Cypress chose a commercial-scale solar electric generating system that was designed, manufactured and installed by PowerLight Corporation. In July 2002, PowerLight completed the installation of a 325kW solar electric generation system at Cypress? new headquarters in San Jose, California. The PowerLight solar electric system covers two buildings on the San Jose campus,and offsets expensive peak power purchases from the utility grid. Cypress' solarsystem is currently the largest solar rooftop installation in the Silicon Valley,covering 32,750 square feet of combined roof area.The 325 kW PV rooftop array is integrated into the architecture of Cypress' newSan Jose headquarters, and during daylight, generates enough electricity topower more than 330 homes. By using PowerLight's solar electric modular rooftop system, the onsite electricity generated by an unused asset the roof space became a significant component in reducing operating costs, generating clean,reliable electricity, and reducing building energy load and peak demand costs.The solar roof panels also reduce heating and air conditioning costs due to theirinsulation and thermal reflection value, as well as protect the roof for 30 years from thermal cycling and UV degradation. And finally, the modular design of PowerGuard technology enabled the system to be tailored exactly to Cypress' buildings' specific application requirements. powerlight.com PowerLight_Case-Study_CypressSemiconductor.pdf