We Are All Hybrids....
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
[Thanks for R. Alta Charo for the title] By Rick Weiss of the Washington Post:So you think you are the self-reliant type.A rugged individualist. Well, give it up. You'd be nothing without the trillions of microbial minions toiling in your large intestine, performing crucial physiological functions that your highfalutin human cells wouldn't have a c ...
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Had by Hybrids
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Richard Nikoley
... ), which, all around, is probably the best car I have ever owned ('86 'Vette was still the funnest, though). German engineering: now I get it.Of course I have no problem with hybrids either, though the smug moral superiority of so many of their owners is a bit off-putting. I know plenty of hybrid owners and they all seem to like their vehicles, so ...
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Hot Hybrids for Today and Beyond
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Green Kristine
... ity/20 highway which sucks and it costs $75 a week to fuel. That is absurd, and the carbon emissions are horrible too. So what are the choices? I am leaning clearly towards a hybrid or electric car, but there are not that many to choose from, yet. And wait a minute here, what about the luxurious appointments, the satellite radio and the Corinthian ...
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Hybridized Humans...
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Angela S.
I woke today with hybridization on my mind…I’ve been reading a lot lately about hybridized fruits and started to consider humans this morning from a similar standpoint… Hybridised fruits have ...
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Hybrid Soup
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KathEats
Knocked off a big Micro to-do this morning which set me up for a relaxing lunch SO nice eating at home and not having Chem Lab. I better not get used to it, though, because I have many weeks left before the semester ends. Breakfast didn’t hold me over as long as I’d hoped - my stomach rumbled around 11:10, but I had a seltzerwater and ended up goi ...
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Honda Civic Hybrid
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Dr. Chan C.Hybrid fuel systems are available in Australia and thus one was parked next to my fuel guzzeling Pajero. Tomorrow there is a bicycle tour-2009 passing through the Geelong wate ...
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The Advantages Of Hybrid Car
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Janice S.Hybrid cars are becoming quite popular lately owing to skyrocketing gasoline prices. They are extremely fuel efficient as they combine two sources of energy. Owning a hybrid v ...
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Plug In Hybrids Are Coming
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Carbon Fund
... h much excitement from environmentalists, but with their small size and limited range coupled with their incessant need to be connected to an outlet, they hype soon subsided. Hybrid cars, however, have been in demand by consumers in every market. They have 50-100% better fuel economy than comparable vehicles in their class and they don’t have to be ...
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Of Mice and Men and Chimeras and Hybrids and more
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
... ritish parliamentary committee..." [ rest of the article here] (from an article in the Washington Times) The British parliament is contemplating what types of human-animal hybrids should be permitted and what rules should govern their creation and destruction. ***New*** Take our poll and let us know what you think!
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