Vikingsson on September 25th, 2007

I’ll be happy when the summer ends and September arrives. Oh, wait. For several seasons in a row it appears that they have shifted a month later. There was a hint of autumn in the air and the critters were preparing for winter in earnest. The leaves won’t be [...]

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Vikingsson on September 23rd, 2007

The first consumer ethanol pump in Iceland was turned on recently. I assume that the ethanol is imported but would burn cleaner than gasoline. They also pump methane that is produced locally at the city garbage dump. For years they have been powering the garbage trucks from that methane and now [...]

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Vikingsson on September 21st, 2007

Everyone was waiting for the magical moment when the Canadian Loonie would hit parity with the U.S. dollar. Waiting, checking stocks, checking the CBC, listening to the experts, wondering what would happen. For me a .995 Canadian dollar was effectively 1.0 already. I can’t remember the last time anyone tried to segment [...]

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Vikingsson on September 20th, 2007

I’ve just had one of my questions published in IcelandReview magazine. I asked about the current status of genetically modified food in Iceland and I had my question answered completely and interestingly. They also suggested this GM site in Iceland. Excellent, thanks IR!
Further GM rantings on this blog are here.
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