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Imagine if the whole, beautifully paved world looked like this. These are solar panels…

illusionaryish:

Imagine if the whole, beautifully paved world looked like this.

These are solar panels that, if placed in the place of roadways and other paving sites (parking lots, parks, etc) can produce more renewable energy than the entire country produces.

It’s currently in the prototype stage with amazing results. Plus, they can be used in all weather situations that will also make icy roads a thing of the past. Heating elements will melt any ice and snow that sits on top. Another thing, they come with LEDs inside so that you’ll have a better view of the road as you drive. All powered by solar energy.

I Fucking Love Science posted an article about it and it’s also raising money on indiegogo, which is disgustingly far from the goal. They have some pretty sweet gifts, including bumper stickers, a necklace containing pieces of the prototypes, and an entire working prototype of the plates.

BONUS: The prototypes were made of 10% recycled plastic AND can still handle the heaviest trucks. Imagine what the final product could do.

I urge everyone to at least reblog and spread the message so that hopefully this reaches the goal at May 31st. Projects like this hit me right in the heart because of my passion for renewable energy, which is what I hope to deal with once I’m done with my Engineering degree. I would gladly work on this project if I could, but for now I’m going to settle with donating as much as I can and spreading the word as far as possible.

So, signal boost! <3

Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers …

Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that – but you are the only you.

Tarantino – you can criticize everything that Quentin does – but nobody writes Tarantino stuff like Tarantino. He is the best Tarantino writer there is, and that was actually the thing that people responded to – they’re going ‘this is an individual writing with his own point of view’.

There are better writers than me out there, there are smarter writers, there are people who can plot better – there are all those kinds of things, but there’s nobody who can write a Neil Gaiman story like I can.

– A bit of writing advice from Neil Gaiman. (via faramirs)

I said it on the Nerdist Podcast, and I believe it. It’s as true for any area of the arts, not just writing. Perhaps it’s true for life.

(via neil-gaiman)

Advice I try to consider every day. Neil Gaiman is a precious human being and if you write or art or do anything you really should listen to this.

(via dragonmaw)

heckboy:this whole scene is so good because from the one pan of his brothers desk…

heckboy:

this whole scene is so good because from the one pan of his brothers desk alone you are aware that he used to have a silly side to him (and explains how he can do cartwheels and shit later in the movie)

also you can see his brother has a betty boop doll, meaning she was probably a favorite of his and is the reason valiant treats her kindly.

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itswalky: i wanted to make everyone else as mad as i am right now…

itswalky:

i wanted to make everyone else as mad as i am right now, so here you go

thanks internet

addendum 1: yeah that’s right, that one at the bottom is using these characters to make an anti-environmental message somehow, LAND OF IRONY INDEED

addendum 2: the first strip in that linked Cagle.com archive is basically a redone Matt Bors cartoon from years back

Ugh. Winter doesn’t disprove global warming any more than night disproves lengthening days during spring. It’s midnight and the sun’s down!  So much for your days-getting-longer theory!

Dumblr of Age: Religious Protesters And A Father And Son At Comic-Con

Dumblr of Age: Religious Protesters And A Father And Son At Comic-Con

hijinksensue:

The religious protesters outside of San Diego Comic-Con have been a constant fixture for the last few years. They stand between the Gaslamp area where all the restaurants and offsite locations are and the train tracks you have to cross to enter the con. They are supposedly…

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