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Breathe in the Cocaine

By John de Guzman on May 13, 2009 11:00 PM | | Comments (0) | | | |
A while back, we had a HAWT post about how Money is Very Dirty.  Now, this wasn't dirt, dust or mud on the bills...  This was trace cocaine.  Seriously.  Check out that HAWT article.  Then start favoring your credit card.

Well, the hunt for drugs progresses.  Forget surfaces, let's check the air!  A new technique has been developed that finds airborne drugs.  Airborne drugs, an urban pollen.  This was put to test in two Spanish cities: Madrid and Barcelona. 

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(That's Madrid's central post office.) 

Obviously, they found something, or HAWT wouldn't be reporting on it.

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Spain Continues to do Sassy Things

By John de Guzman on September 4, 2008 1:30 PM | | Comments (5) | | | |
Back when HAWTaction was a hairless, blind newborn, I wrote a post about how Spain is Doing Sassy Things, covering Spain's surprising effort to utilize renewable energy.  I grew up in Spain, so no one could be more surprised (and delighted) than me in these initiatives to lead the way with creative solar power options and other... sassy things.  Turns out a few other things have popped out recently and it looks like Spain Continues to do Sassy Things.


autopista.jpgFirst, Spain is taking on the auto industry.  There was a formal speed limit in Spain when I grew up there (140 km/h on highways, 87 mph), but it took hitting 180 or 200 km/h to get any cop's attention.  That's why I'm surprised at a report in Treehugger at the end of July that reported a trio of Spanish initiatives to change their automobile industry.

The country's energy minister is aiming to set the speed limit, nationwide, at 80km/h (50mph) to conserve gasoline.  Spain also intends to save jet fuel by allowing passenger planes to take short-cuts over military airspace.  In addition, they are introducing a pilot program to manufacture one million electric and hybrid cars.  Before 2014, they intend to hand out (free) 49 million low energy light bulbs.  Finally, in a move I can't applaud enough, they are expecting to limit air conditioning in public buildings to 26 degrees C (79 F).  (They will also aim to limit heat in winter.)  Nothing gets me more mad than going into a store that is over heated and/or over cooled.  It's just a waste!

That's Spain taking things seriously.  There is still more sass, though!

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