Consumer News and Links for Jan. 23rd (Mid-Day Edition)
From the Man Eats Car...Burps Sound Like Horn! department:
Rumors are flying around the internet about a new kind of eco-friendly car that the top-level executives at Ford are kicking around ideas for. Though he was a prick, Henry Ford did want to link agriculture and industry in a sustainable relationship and that, according to a news story from The Hindu Business Line, is where this idea stems from. Wow. It only took them a hundred years! Though the plans for making cars out of biodegradable materials only exist in sketches and e-mails at the moment, there is already talk that the restructuring it would take to put these cars into production could close as many as 43 auto plants and cut 25,000 jobs. I'm not sure where I stand on this. I support the move to a more eco-friendly automobile, but if it means that many jobs to be cut, I don't know if I can get behind it. Can't we train the existing employees in waves and make a gradual move toward the new technology? Also, even though the cars could be made from soy-based polymers, there is still no talk about making fully electric cars. These cars would be hybrid gas-electric cars. That's great...but is it that momentous of a leap? (Hindu Business Line)
From the Rap Battles department:
For all of you who laughed your ass off when SNL aired the Lazy Sunday (Chronic-What!-cles of Narnia!) video, three guys from LA have waged a full-out coast war the old school way... with a Rap Battle! Mark, Sam and Adam have shot their own rap video about their "Lazy Monday." They spend a day downtown drinking coffee and painting ceramics at "Color Me Mine." This is hilarious! Not exactly a consumer-based link, but these guys drop a lot of crazy-hilarious literary references and since I work at a bookstore, I have to give them props.
My favorite lyrics?
"Yo Redvines is west coast like Tupac Shakizzler
So step off our licorice, go suck on a Twizzler…"
(NarniaRapBattle) Thanks Lynda!
Rumors are flying around the internet about a new kind of eco-friendly car that the top-level executives at Ford are kicking around ideas for. Though he was a prick, Henry Ford did want to link agriculture and industry in a sustainable relationship and that, according to a news story from The Hindu Business Line, is where this idea stems from. Wow. It only took them a hundred years! Though the plans for making cars out of biodegradable materials only exist in sketches and e-mails at the moment, there is already talk that the restructuring it would take to put these cars into production could close as many as 43 auto plants and cut 25,000 jobs. I'm not sure where I stand on this. I support the move to a more eco-friendly automobile, but if it means that many jobs to be cut, I don't know if I can get behind it. Can't we train the existing employees in waves and make a gradual move toward the new technology? Also, even though the cars could be made from soy-based polymers, there is still no talk about making fully electric cars. These cars would be hybrid gas-electric cars. That's great...but is it that momentous of a leap? (Hindu Business Line)
From the Rap Battles department:
For all of you who laughed your ass off when SNL aired the Lazy Sunday (Chronic-What!-cles of Narnia!) video, three guys from LA have waged a full-out coast war the old school way... with a Rap Battle! Mark, Sam and Adam have shot their own rap video about their "Lazy Monday." They spend a day downtown drinking coffee and painting ceramics at "Color Me Mine." This is hilarious! Not exactly a consumer-based link, but these guys drop a lot of crazy-hilarious literary references and since I work at a bookstore, I have to give them props.
My favorite lyrics?
"Yo Redvines is west coast like Tupac Shakizzler
So step off our licorice, go suck on a Twizzler…"
(NarniaRapBattle) Thanks Lynda!
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