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Be amazing
Who says you can''t? It''s time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level.
Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses
What good are the world''s greatest geniuses if you can''t muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool? mental_floss has combed through every success story in history to deliver this ultimate how-to guide for climbing your way to greatness.
Step two: bask in the glow of admiring fans
Whether you want to glow in the dark, swallow a sword, quit smoking, find Atlantis, live forever, get out of jury duty, buy the Moon, sink a battleship, stop global warming, become a ninja, or simply be the center of the universe, Be Amazing covers all the essential life skills. Just absorb a few pages, then let the hero worship begin!
You will need:
A hunger for greatnessSome duct tapeThis bookYou may want:
Sidekicks and/or minionsAn impressive nicknameAn amazing outfit
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"Hi, I''m the United States and I''m an oil-oholic." We have an energy problem. And everybody knows it, even if we can''t all agree on what, specifically, the problem is. Rising costs, changing climate, peaking oil, foreign oil, public safetyif the fears are this complicated, then the solutions are bound to be even more confusing. Maggie Koerth-Bakerscience editor at the award-winning blog BoingBoing.netfinally makes some sense out of the madness. Over the next 20 years, we''ll be forced to cut 20 quadrillion BTU worth of fossil fuels from our energy budget, by wasting less and investing in alternatives. To make it work, we''ll need to radically change the energy systems that have shaped our lives for 100 years. And the result will be neither business-as-usual, nor a hippie utopia. Koerth-Baker explains what we can do, what we can''t do, and why "The Solution" is really a lot of solutions working together. This isn''t about planting a tree, buying a Prius, and proving that you''re a good person. Economics and social incentives got us a country full of gas-guzzling cars, long commutes, inefficient houses, and coal-fired power plants out in the middle of nowhere, and economics and incentives will be the things that build our new world. Ultimately, change is inevitable.
Argues we''re not going to solve the energy problem by convincing everyone to live like it''s 1900 because that''s not a good thing. Instead of reverting to the past, we have to build a future where we get energy from new places, use it in new ways, and do more with less. Clean coal? Natural gas? Nuclear? Electric cars? We''ll need them all. When you look at the numbers, you''ll find that we''ll still be using fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables for decades to come. Looks at new battery technology, smart grids, passive buildings, decentralized generation, clean coal, and carbon sequestration. These are buzzwords now, but they''ll be a part of your world soon. For many people, they already are. Written by the cutting edge Science Editor for Boing Boing, one of the ten most popular blogs in America