Will Ferrell (yes, the comedian) has launched a YouTube competitor site called FunnyOrDie. This is the ‘launch clip’ from the site – a quick sketch featuring Ferrell.
Watch it now, I command you. One thing they’re going to have to fix is the embedded player (it should NOT autostart) so I haven’t embedded it here.
There has been some outrage at the dialogue but I bet you laughed at least once – and not at any of the actors aged more than three years old.
Just when you may start thinking that ethanol might be a nice stepping stone between petrol and hydrogen, you see a study like this.
WASHINGTON — Switching from gasoline to ethanol — touted as a green alternative at the pump — may create dirtier air, causing slightly more smog-related deaths, a new study says.
Nearly 200 more people would die yearly from respiratory problems if all vehicles in the United States ran on a mostly ethanol fuel blend by 2020, the research concludes. Of course, the study author acknowledges that such a quick and monumental shift to plant-based fuels is next to impossible.
Full article (via DailyTech)
