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Email Scam Targets Sovernet Users
By cgrotke | Wed, April 17 2013Sovernet users are being hit with what appears to be an email scam know as “phishing” in which a scammer tries to get you to give up your email address and account information. I've gotten a few of these in the past couple of days.
The email says:
Robots, Jobs, And The Post-Money Economy
By cgrotke | Fri, April 12 2013I just got through reading the 2013 Roadmap for US Robotics, a guide to the current state of robotics. It includes goals and expectations of robotics for the next 5, 10, and 15 year periods.
The good news is that robots will be able to do just about everything for us.
The bad news is that robots will be able to do just about everything for us.
Germany's Renewable Energy Forum -- Rescheduled for March 11th
By Tad Montgomery | Sat, March 02 2013(this event was postponed from Feb. 11th due to weather.)
In 2000 Germany set a goal of achieving 20% renewable electricity production by 2020. At that time they were at 3%. Now, just 12 years later, they are already at 25%. How is Germany transitioning to a renewable energy economy so quickly? Long-time renewable energy advocate Bob Walker and Vermont State Representative Margaret Cheney will report on what they learned from their recent renewable energy tour of Germany as guests of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.