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		<title>Worldwide Maximum Carry-On Bag Size</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since more and more airlines are charging for checking a bag on your flight, more and more people are trying to fly with only a carry-on bag. If you&#8217;re one of them, and looking to get the largest carry-on bag you can to avoid checking luggage, you need to consider what airlines you&#8217;ll be flying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portable Solar Chargers: Tempting Toys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Solar power and technological gadgets are two things that interest me, so I&#8217;ve long thought about buying a portable solar-powered charger with visions of charging my devices with free, universally available power. The catch is that while these devices may be tempting gadgets, they&#8217;re really of limited practical use to most of us. 
In order [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiageek.com/greentech/solar/portable-solar-chargers-tempting-toys</link>
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		<title>The Insane Minimalist Packlist: Not Packing At All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes down to it, there are only three things you need to travel to another country: your passport, money and the clothes on your back. While it may seem crazy to get on an international flight with nothing but your passport, wallet and the shirt on your back, the truth is it&#8217;s totally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiageek.com/travel/packing-tips/the-insane-minimalist-packlist</link>
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		<title>The Best AA Rechargeable Batteries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all met the fate of a dead or dying batteries, whether in a simple remote control or a high-end digital camera. If find yourself regularly replacing batteries in your electronic devices, then perhaps it&#8217;s time you moved up to rechargeable batteries. Not only can you stop throwing disposable batteries into landfills, but you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiageek.com/tech/gadgets/the-best-aa-rechargeable-batteries</link>
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		<title>The Best AA/AAA Travel Battery Charger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re bringing an MP3 player, portable speakers, a flash light or digital camera that runs on AA or AAA batteries and one pair of batteries won&#8217;t last the length of your trip, you should seriously consider getting yourself some good rechargeable batteries and a charger. The latest rechargeable batteries last longer in most devices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Look at Peak Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wired Magazine is featuring an insightful article on Peak Water, with a look at the water supply situation in the Southwest U.S., London and Australia, noting the interdependency between water use and energy production. There are some interesting points throughout, such as the fact that a pair of jeans requires over 2,800 gallons of water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Shines Some Light on Earth Hour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a regular user of Google&#8217;s search engine home page, you may have noticed their page went from basic white to basic black in recognition of going dark for Earth Hour. The environmental campaign started in 2007 when Sydney businesses and residents powered down, resulting in a 10% city-wide energy reduction. Now the campaign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiageek.com/earth/going-green/google-shines-some-light-on-earth-hour</link>
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		<title>Western Digital Hard Drives Go Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slashdot has a discussion on Western Digital&#8217;s new low-power consumption Caviar GP hard drives - the GP standing for GreenPower. It turns out that not only do the drives save about 10W of power over other hard drives with similar specs, but these drives are some of the quietest hard drives around, making them ideal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiageek.com/greentech/western-digital-hard-drives-go-green</link>
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		<title>Mitsubishi iMiEV Electric Car Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNET has photos of the Mitsubishi iMiEV from the 2008 New York Auto Show. The 4-door car can get about 100 miles of travel when its lithium ion batteries are fully charged. This seems to be a more passenger oriented version than the car Mitsubishi unveiled last year, featured by Treehugger, which had a more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gaiageek.com/greentech/electric-cars/mitsubishi-imiev-electric-car-photos</link>
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		<title>Warren Buffet is Investing in Railroads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN / Money Magazine note that self-made billionaire Warren Buffet has been investing in America&#8217;s railroads. The article points out that technology improvements have resulted in trains getting 80% more mileage from a gallon of diesel than they did in 1980, and that &#8220;for distances of more than 1,000 miles, using trains rather than trucks [...]]]></description>
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