Archive for September 9, 2009

The Booming Carbon Trading Market

Carbon trading came forth as a regulatory method to control CO2 emissions, and it has increasingly caught the fancy of governments and industries across the globe. In carbon trading, carbon credits are purchased and sold by industries and organizations throughout the globe under the innovative cap-and-trade system, where one credit permits the release of an equivalent of one tonne of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

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The Racing Harness: Safety on the Track

In the race car industry, drivers are constantly taking extraordinary risks as they zoom down the raceway at incredible speeds in pursuit of that lusted-after trophy, record, etc. In light of the mightily high stakes involved in this sport, car designers and mechanical teams place a lot of priority on the safety issues in such cars; this attention has given rise to a wealth of different technologies of wide use, not only within the racing field.

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