Frieze After the Freeze

At London’s big art fair, signs of financial trouble abound. But maybe that’s okay. New York Magazine explores.

Rolls-Royce CEO hints at electric Phantom

Have no fear, your next Rolls-Royce may very well be available as an electric.

The Solar/Electric Robotic Lawnmower

This makes me wish I had a lawn to not mow by myself.

Husqvarna's Automower Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower that combines solar power with electricity, and uses no fuel or oil.

So how does it work? Well, a small wire is staked to the ground below the grass level, or buried just beneath it, around the perimeter of the lawn to be mowed. The on-board navigation system monitors its position relative to the wire keeping it in the area to be mowed. The irregular pattern of movement, the long battery life, and its ground speed enables it to effectively mow all parts of the lawn.

Obstacles or other areas within the lawn that should not be mowed are handled in one of two ways: if the object is rigid and at least six inches tall like trees or fences, the mower gently bumps into it, reverses, and starts off in another direction; other areas, like a flowerbed, are excluded from the cutting area by using the perimeter wire.

The Automower Solar Hybrid mower is programmable to be personalized via timer, and charges itself when required by returning to its base.

Large solar energy plant opens near Bakersfield

California's big-solar boom is under way.

The first of what could be many new, large solar thermal power plants in California opened Thursday north of Bakersfield, on a patch of land surrounded by almond orchards.

Designed and built by Palo Alto startup Ausra, the plant's long rows of mirrors will generate as much as 5 megawatts of electricity, enough for 3,750 homes. The mirrors focus sunlight on tubes filled with water, generating steam that then turns a turbine to produce electricity.

It is the first large solar thermal plant built in California in 18 years. But Ausra and other companies plan much bigger plants in the future. Ausra created the Bakersfield plant as a trial run for a 177-megawatt plant the company plans to build next year on the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County.

The California Energy Commission is studying proposals for five other large solar thermal plants, capable of generating a total of 1,512 megawatts (enough for more than 1.1 million homes). And the federal Bureau of Land Management, which has jurisdiction over much of the Southern California desert, has received requests from developers to build 34 more plants, with a potential output of 24,000 megawatts.

The Electric Motorcycle

Motorsport's GPR-S boasts a 60-70 MPH top speed and 35-60 mile range and can charge in about four hours, or 1.5 hours with an optional speed charger.

Even better, the bike is modular in nature, which means you'll be able to swap in a better power system once one comes along with a minimum of hassle.

Electric Motorsport has sold 25 of these so far, but they're up and running and ready for sales at volume starting at $8,000.

Vice Squad

You can bitch about these day-laborer-undocumented- worker-Mexican-citizen-new-immigrants all you want but you can't deny that a lot of them are doing the dances that Americans simply cannot or will not do.

Stuff White People Like - #47 Arts Degrees

When white people go away to college, they tend to study what are knowns as the Arts. This includes actual Art, English, History, Classics, and Philosophy. These can of course be broken down further into Film, Womyn’s Studies (yes the spelling is correct), Communications, Gender Studies, and so forth. It is important to note that a high percentage of white people also get degrees in Political Science, which is pretty much like arts, and only seems to have the word “science” in it to make white people feel better about themselves.

These degrees enable white people to spend four yeas of their lives reading books, writing papers and feeling great about themselves. It is a known fact that Arts students firmly believe that they are doing you/society a favor by not getting a job and reading Proust. They use this to protest for reduced tuition, more money for the arts, and special reduced student rates on things like bus passes.

But what about the white people who study Science, Engineering or Business? Unless they become doctors, they essentially lose white person status (and can only be regained by working at a non-profit).

So why would white people spend all that time studying and working to get into college if they are just going to read books that they might have read in their free time? Because white people have it made. They can take that degree and easily parlay it into a non profit job, an art gallery job, or work in publishing. If the pay is low, no problem, their parents will happily help out with rent until they magically start making six figures or non-magically turn 40.

White people can also take that degree and go to graduate school (future post) and eventually become a professor or adjunct professor where they will still require parental support.

If they are REALLY ambitious and need to make money, they can take that degree and go to Law School.

But the real reason white people need these degrees is so that they can sound smart at parties. Of course it trickles down to making connections, getting hired, knowing rich people, and so forth. But ultimately it all begins by saying “reading Henry James was the most rewarding part of undergrad.”

Using this to your advantage can be very difficult as attempts to talk about the books they skimmed while hungover can expose you. It is best to say that you were a first generation college student and your parents demanded that you study math, chemistry, economics or computer science. You had to read Joyce on your own.

Fail of the Day

Half of U.S. doctors reportedly use placebo treatments

More good news about our nations 'doctors'.

About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found.

That contradicts advice from the American Medical Association, which recommends doctors use treatments with the full knowledge of their patients.

Placebos as defined in the survey went beyond the typical sugar pill commonly used in medical studies. A placebo was any treatment that wouldn't necessarily help the patient.

Most doctors used actual medicines as a placebo treatment: 41 percent used painkillers, 38 percent used vitamins, 13 percent used antibiotics, 13 percent used sedatives, 3 percent used saline injections, and 2 percent used sugar pills.

In some cases, placebos were given to patients with conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome. Doctors also gave antibiotics to patients with viral bronchitis, knowing full well that a virus is impervious to antibiotics, which fight bacteria. Experts believe overuse of antibiotics promotes the development of drug-resistant strains of bacteria.

New drug can halt and even reverse Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS).

In trials, alemtuzumab reduced the number of attacks in sufferers and also helped them recover lost functions, apparently allowing damaged brain tissue to repair so that individuals were less disabled than at the start of the study.

Althought this is obviously overwhelmingly fantastic and amazing news, I find it a bit ironic that in spite of the billions of dollars spent each year on research into various diseases, the greatest discoveries are some how inevitably accidental as a result of research into something else.

Penicillin—a fungus that grew on one of Alexander Fleming's discarded culture dishes and was seen to stop the spread of bacteria—is probably the most famous example, but the list is vast and varied: the benefits of Viagra were discovered by researchers trying to treat the heart condition Angina; a blood test that can detect breast cancer was discovered by a doctor tracing enzymes in the brain; the pacemaker was invented as a gadget to record irregular heartbeats; the smallpox vaccine (and the concept of vaccines in general) was discovered when a milkmaid was observed to be immune to the virus because of her exposure to cowpox.

I'm just waiting to hear that the cure to cancer is found by scientists looking into a better way to bleach a butthole.

World leaders to meet on economy in Washington

World leaders will meet Nov. 15 in Washington to address the global financial crisis — the first in a series of summits to mitigate what economists predict could be a long and deep downturn.

The first meeting will focus on the underlying causes of the financial crisis, the global response and the principles that should guide any reforms.

The summit will bring together leaders of Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and the United States, the European Union, China, Brazil, India, Russia, South Korea and other major economies.

The White House will also seek input from the winner (Obama) of the U.S. presidential election (Obama) who will take office (Obama) on Jan. 20 (Obama).

Straight Cash Homey

So you donated $50 to Obama's campaign.

Congratulations.

Good for you.

When you're done feeling like you've personally gotten the man elected, you may be interested to know what your money's being spent on.

In short, television ads, the ground game, retaliation, intimidation, and over-all domination.

Oh, and of course countless packs of cigarettes.

Obama to appear on SNL?

Saturday Night Live is rumored to have booked Barack Obama for an appearance on its November 1 episode.

The cameo replaces the candidate's original guest spot on last month's season premiere, which Obama was said to have backed out of in anticipation of Hurricane Ike.

If his roast of John McCain is any indication, Obama on SNL should be well worth tuning in.

Bono to write for The New York Times

The Times has just inked a deal with the U2 front man for six to ten op-eds over the next year.

Somewhat surprisingly, Bono won't be using this platform to opine on his pet issues of AIDS, African debt relief, global warming, and assorted other world ills — instead, he's actually been assigned to write about music.

A Sushi Guide for Sustainable Oceans

A trio of conservation groups — the Blue Ocean Institute, Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium — have teamed up to create consumer guides ranking sushi selections based on their ocean friendliness, whether they’re caught or farmed responsibly and if they’re safe to eat.

Click here for a pocket sushi selector or to download the guide.

China, an Engine of Growth, Faces a Global Slump

For three decades, China has fueled its remarkable economic rise by becoming the world’s workshop and unleashing a flood of low-priced exports.

But faced with a possible global recession and weakening demand for Chinese exports, the question now is whether the ruling Communist Party can prevent the financial crisis from derailing the country’s economic miracle.

Your Initials May Influence Your Job

While a certain number of matches would be expected by chance, researchers found that there were 12 percent more matches than expected based on probability estimates.

The findings, published in Psychological Science, showed that for about one in nine people whose initials matched their company’s initial, choice of employer seems to have been influenced by the fact that the letters matched.

The authors concluded that they “have demonstrated that people are more likely to work for companies with initials matching their own than to work for companies with other initials.”

Doin' Donuts

1. Get the right ride. For best results you need a rear-wheel drive with manual transmission, a few hundred horses under the hood, cheap tires and a limited slip differential (which allows the wheels to spin at different speeds). You could practice with a rental — not that we'd ever condone such behavior. Ever.

2. Position your tires. While stopped, turn the steering wheel until it's almost fully locked.

3. Rev the engine. In first gear with the clutch in, hit the gas until you get up to about 3,500 rpm.

4. Dump the clutch.Simultaneously remove your left foot from the clutch and jam your right one onto the accelerator until you're just below the red line. This part is the hardest on your car. If you don't do it quickly enough, you can burn out the clutch.

5. Ease off.Before you're too dizzy, gradually lower your left foot onto the brake — with your right foot still on the gas — and you'll slow down the car enough to begin steering. (If you have a front-wheel drive, follow the same steps but drive backward.)

San Francisco to vote on decriminilizing prostitution

San Francisco would become the first major U.S. city to decriminalize prostitution if voters next month approve Proposition K—a measure that forbids local authorities from investigating, arresting or prosecuting anyone for selling sex.

The ballot question technically would not legalize prostitution since state law still prohibits it, but the measure would eliminate the power of local law enforcement officials to go after prostitutes.

Proponents say the measure will free up $11 million the police spend each year arresting prostitutes and allow them to form collectives.

AT&T really wanted that iPhone deal

So just how much did AT&T have to pay Apple for the right to be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone? $900 million.

How exactly did McCain choose Sarah Palin?

Well...her name was first mentioned in a meeting by McCain adviser Steve Schmidt on Sunday, August 24, less than a week before her pick was announced, and she only first met McCain himself on Thursday, August 28, just one day before the announcement.

It was, Draper reports, a quiet inside choice by Fred Davis and Schmidt that was carefully spread around the campaign. They based the choice on her narrative, confidence, and, in particular, one Charlie Rose appearance during which she supplied few answers but still managed to dominate the interview.

Oh, and her looks. Apparently, a pal told Davis: "The way you pick a vice president is, you get a frame of Time magazine, and you put the pictures of the people in that frame. You look at who fits that frame best — that’s your V.P."

I'm guessing Dubbya did not get that memo.

Lost: Season Five teaser trailer

MySpace Adds Indie Distributor to MySpace Music

A month after irking part of the independent recording community by launching its online music service mostly with major labels, MySpace Music has made a deal to almost double the amount of indie tunes available through the service.

In an agreement announced Thursday, the San Francisco-based Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA) -- a digital distributor of tunes for several thousand labels -- will make its library of more than 1 million tracks available through MySpace Music.

The distributor's tracks will join several million songs that are available for MySpace's roughly 120 million users to hear for free on the site.

Vice Squad

Finally someone’s fucking an Asian dude. Maybe now we’ll have one less Virginia Tech meltdown.

Stuff White People Like - #27 Marathons

In life, there are certain milestones of physical activity that can define you. A sub 5 second 40 yard dash, a 40 inch vertical leap and so forth. To a white person, the absolute pinnacle of fitness is to run a marathon. Not to win, just to run.

White people will train for months, telling everyone who will listen about how they get up early in the morning, they run when it rains, how it makes them feels so great and gives them energy.

When they finish the marathon, they will generally take a photo of themselves in a pair of New Balance sneakers, running shorts, and their marathon number with both hands over their head in triumph (seriously, look it up, this is universal).

They will then set goals like running in the Boston Marathon or the New York Marathon.

If you find yourself in a situation where a white person is talking about a marathon, you must be impressed or you will lose favor with them immediately. Running for a certain length of time on a specific day is a very important thing to a white person and should not be demeaned.

Also worth nothing, more competitive white people prefer triathlons because Kenyans can’t afford $10,000 specialty bicycles. If the subject ever comes up, just say that triathletes are in better shape than football and basketball players. It’s not true, but it will make the conversation a lot more genial.

Fail of the Day

The Green New Deal

On Wednesday Achim Steiner, the executive secretary of the United Nations Environment Program, launched an initiative in London called the Global Green New Deal in a deliberate echo of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s plan to tackle the Great Depression.

The New Deal “set the stage for the biggest economic growth the world has seen,” said Mr. Steiner. “Today we need similar vision, urgent action and strong political engagement to direct financial flows and manage markets to deal with the even greater global challenges of our time,” he said.

Massive government investment into industries creating jobs to tackle climate change could help prevent a prolonged descent into economic misery and reduce bills for imported energy.

Other business opportunities include clean-tech ventures, sustainable agriculture, conservation, and the intelligent management of the planet’s ecosystems.

A Green Fashion Show Grows in Los Angeles

Sustainable fashion has finally outgrown its hemp straitjacket.

Just two years ago, when Barbara Kramer and Ed Mandlebaum curated the first “green room” within their bicoastal trade show, Designers & Agents, pickins were slim.

But this past weekend, the pair took over an entire floor of L.A.’s Cooper Building for the introduction of D&A Greenmarket, which featured 50 brands.

Rise Seen in Food Allergies in Children

Food allergies in American children seem to be on the rise, now affecting about 3 million kids, according to the first federal study of the problem.

Experts said that might be because parents are more aware and quicker to have their kids checked out by a doctor.

Children with food allergies also were more likely to have asthma, eczema and respiratory problems than kids without food allergies, the CDC study found, confirming previous research.

Startup Turns CO2 Into Fuel

Carbon Sciences claims it has developed a way of using the CO2 emitted during the combustion of coal, oil and other hydrocarbons to create transportation fuels like gasoline and jet fuel.

Should Carbon Sciences — or any of the other firms working on similar projects — accomplish this on a large scale, it could bring a reduction in CO2 emissions as well as an abundant supply of renewable fuel.

The company says its "C02-to-Fuel" technology uses CO2 to create ethane, propane and methane, three run-of-the mill hydrocarbons used to make high-grade gasoline and other fuels.

The key to the process is biocatalysis, a process where natural catalysts are used to perform chemical reactions. Biocatalysis is a more energy efficient and cost-effective way to break down CO2, making the possibility of a large-scale ramp up economically feasible.

LED lights are the new Botox

German scientists claim that they were able to reduce wrinkles by subjecting a test subject's skin to LED lights daily over a period of several months.

It seems that at a certain intensity the light dives into skin tissue and alters the molecular structure of water that would otherwise immobilize elastin, a protein that keeps skin healthy and elastic.

The researchers also believe the tech can be "converted to deep body rejuvenation programs", which is probably a bit better than injecting your entire body with the poison du jour, Botox.

Vice Squad

Hang on a sec, shouldn't you be five inches tall and gyrating on some Hawaiian's dashboard?

Stuff White People Like - #73 Gentrification

In general, white people love situations where they can’t lose. While this does account for the majority of their situations, perhaps the safest bet a white person can make is to buy a house in an up-and-coming neighborhood.

White people like to live in these neighborhoods because they get credibility and respect from other white people for living in a more “authentic” neighborhood where they are exposed to “true culture” every day. So whenever their friends mention their home in the suburbs or richer urban area, these people can say “oh, it’s so boring out there, so fake. In our neighborhood, things are just more real.” This superiority is important as white people jockey for position in their circle of friends.

They are like a modern day Lewis and Clark, except instead of searching for the ocean, they are searching for old properties to renovate.

In a few years, if more white people start moving in, these initial trailblazers will sell their property for triple what they paid and move into an ultramodern home.

Credibility or money, they can’t lose!

When one of these white people tell you where they live, you should say “whoa, it’s pretty rough down there. I don’t think I could live there.” This will make them feel even better about their credibility and status as neighborhood pioneers.

Fail of the Day

David Sedaris wonders just who exactly these supposed undecided voters are

"I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. 'Can I interest you in the chicken?' she asks. 'Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?'

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked."

Could a modern-day WPA help the economy?

During the Depression (the last one, not the looming one), President Roosevelt poured $11.4 billion (about $175 billion in 2008 dollars) into the Works Progress Administration. The agency spent nearly $4 billion on highway and road projects and more than $2 billion on public buildings and utilities.

All told, the WPA put 8.5 million people to work between 1935 and 1943. Together those people built 651,087 miles of roadway, built or improved 124,031 bridges, erected 125,110 public buildings and laid 853 airport runways. Not bad at a time when the unemployment approached 25 percent.

So, could investing heavily in America's infrastructure be just the thing for reinvigorating our tanking economy?

The $2,000 cell phone

The AURA is the world's first handset with a 16-million color circular display, and aside from making / receiving calls with the utmost clarity, it also boasts a Swiss-made main bearing, 62-carat sapphire crystal lens, a 2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, microUSB port, quad-band GSM connectivity, a microSD card slot, multimedia player and up to 7.3-hours of talk time (400-hours in standby).

The 4.97-ounce handset is available exclusively from the MOTO STORE for $1,999.99, with pre-orders shipping out beginning December 4th.

SecuriScan shoe scanner could make travel safer, security lines shorter

SecuriScan, which has been developed by Professor Wuqiang Yang at the University of Manchester, would theoretically be able to "detect and pinpoint suspicious objects instantly," all without requiring passengers to remove their kicks.

Better still, the system uses electric and magnetic sensing instead of a radiation source, which could also address safety concerns while helping you get where you're going more quickly.

Moving forward, Yang hopes to develop a more advanced and realistic prototype for testing, and just in case you were doubting this guy's determination, he's also investigating a handheld version that could hastily screen abandoned luggage or packages.

Shanghai Chic

Ben Walters moved to Shanghai five years ago. What struck him most? The shoes the laborers wore: tough, comfortable, and surprisingly chic. Walters decided to make a similar version to sell in the U.S.

His new line called OSPOP (One Small Point of Pride) features two versions, now-called the Tianlang Trainer. The Skywolf comes in the three colors normally worn by Chinese workers. The Departure comes in six nontraditional, more fashion-friendly colors.

That logo, by the way, is the Chinese word for “Labor.” Both styles are as tough as the original shoe, so they're likely to outlast your other sneaks.

Vice Squad

If there’s nothing going on tonight don’t sit on your ass. Pull out the video camera and film your most attractive friend putting condiments up his ass for some erotic men’s site. Sure it seems a little embarrassing, but there’s no way anyone’s ever going to see it and you’ll both make $500.

PS: Never speak of this night ever again.

Stuff White People Like - #52 Sarah Silverman

White people love to laugh, so it’s no surprise that some of the funniest people in the world are white! But do not believe that white people find all types of humor funny. BET Comicview for example is not considered funny, and white people generally get little to no enjoyment out of the program.

The easiest way to find out if a comedian is approved by white people is to see if they get mentioned on music blogs or have ever given an interview where they talk about how much they love The Magnetic Fields, Of Montreal, or The Shins. But this does not guarantee white acceptance.

If the topic of comedy comes up, the best thing to do is talk about how much you love Sarah Silverman. White people can’t get enough of her!

Her whole shtick is about saying really offensive things! But it’s ok because she’s pretty and has a small voice so it all sounds so cute! Get it? It’s not offensive, because when she says racist or sexist things she knows they are offensive. So it’s ok.

Much as white women will say that John Stewart is their perfect man, it is fully acceptable and encouraged for white men to say that Sarah Silverman is their perfect woman.

Sarah Silverman is also considered an “alternative comic” which essentially means she is universally loved by white people, but not enough so that she can be a movie star.

Other acceptable ‘alternative’ comedians: David Cross, and the Comedians of Comedy (Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, and Zach Galifinakis).

Also acceptable: Any comedian who shares your ethnicity.

WARNING: under no circumstances should you EVER list Dane Cook as your favorite comedian. The wrong kind of white people like him. And mentioning him will cause white people to lose all respect for you.

Fail of the Day

Yes! Yes! A thousand times Yes! - The California High-Speed Train

Ooooooh my Gooooooooood! I'm so freakin' excited! I'm sorry, I didn't know this was happening today. I think I'm going to pass out.

Proposition 1A on the Nov. 4 ballot would authorize the sale of $9.95 billion in bonds to help start construction of an 800-mile high-speed rail network that would send electric trains zipping between Northern and Southern California at up to 220 mph.

A trip from the Transbay Terminal in downtown San Francisco and Los Angeles Union Station would take about 2 1/2 hours, according to the state High Speed Rail Authority, and would cost about $55 one way. There would be stops on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.

The system would be the largest public works project in California history - bigger than the California Aqueduct - and would cost $32 billion for the main line between San Francisco and Los Angeles and an additional $10 billion to complete the network by adding extensions to San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside County. The state is banking on getting about a third of the construction budget from state taxpayers, a third from the federal government and a third from private investors.

If there are only two things you vote for November 4th, make sure this is one of them.

And I know you know where that other vote goes.

Japanese Candy

From chocolate-coated barley puffs to yuzu-flavored gummies to fudge-filled mochi. A sweets-lover’s guide to the yummy universe of Far Eastern treats.

Next-generation Prius revealed

Toyota's just confirmed that some press shots that leaked out last week are the real deal. The company isn't providing any more information until the official debut at January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, but we're hoping to get some more details about those plug-in fleet tests, as well as those solar plans. Check a few more shots at links below.

MINI E finally official, 500 available soon for U.S. test drivers

The much-anticipated MINI E -- the first all-electric MINI -- is headed our way.

BMW's built itself a decent performer, offering 204 hp of electric motor in a setup quite similar to the Tesla. The car boasts a 150 mile range off its 35 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, can hit 62 mph in 8.5 seconds, and does a full charge off of an included high current charging station in a mere 2.5 hours. There's naturally a regenerative braking system on board to help beef up the battery in city driving.

BMW plans on leasing 500 of these to commercial and private customers in California, New York and New Jersey sometime early 2009, and Europe might get a crack at the car soon after that. No word yet on when we'll see this car ready for the masses, but perhaps we'll get more info when the MINI E makes its "debut" at the LA Auto Show next month.

Japan Considers Bigger Role on Economic Stage

Some may wonder how Japan, which suffered its own severe downturn in the 1990s and has a stalling economy now, has the right to tell others what to do. But in recent days, lawmakers have begun floating proposals about how Japan, traditionally passive, might use its deep pockets and bitter experience from the 1990s to help global growth and, along the way, Japan’s own export-driven economy.

Bon Iver Schedules Late Autumn Tour

12-03 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin National Stadium *
12-05 Brittany, France - Rencontres Transmusicales
12-06 Ghent, Belgium - Vooruit *#
12-07 London, England - Apollo Victoria Theatre *
12-10 New York, NY - Town Hall ^
12-11 New York, NY - Town Hall ^
12-14 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre ^
12-15 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero ^
12-18 Chicago, IL - The Vic ^
12-19 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre ^

* with Sarah Siskind
# with Land of Talk
^ with The Tallest Man on Earth

Korean tech makes hydrogen up to 30 times cheaper to produce -- clean energy solved?

Korea's S&P Energy Research Institute has just issued a press release about a new discovery it claims puts the era of clean energy within reach.

Dr. Sen Kim claims to have achieved the separation of Hydrogen using just 0.1kwh of energy compared to the traditional 4 - 4.5kwh required using the old electrolytic method.

Dr. Kim postulates that "manufacturing the H2 by our method will lower the cost of H2 as much as 20 - 30 times" compared to electrolytic H2. That makes SPERI's method suitable for H2 fuel production from say, an in-home hydrogen fueling station.

Vice Squad

That’s right. Look in the mirror. Stare into the face of a man that just spent $250 making his hair look more “sunny.”