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October
Car Horn Improvement Posted 2008-01-21. City noise is unbearable. There has to be a way to lower the volume. I think there should be different horn sounds for your car. When we were kids, there was a horn on one of our cars, which was the “city” horn. It was a chirpier sound and not [...]
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October
Posted 2008-01-21 There is a big backlash about the costs and environmental impact of bottled waters. The energy used to transport it, the plastic waste in landfills (for some reason, non-carbonated beverages do not have a deposit on them), and the fact that tap water in most cities is apparently just as healthful makes buying [...]
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October
Getting Rid of Detergent Purchases Posted 2008-01-21 10:00:22 by Michael It is so difficult to manage the washing detergent in your home. Bottles or boxes are so large, and so heavy. Why can’t you be able to purchase a gigantic cylinder of soap or fabric softener that can wash a years-worth of laundry without changing the [...]
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October
Posted 2008-01-21 Why does it take so long, and so much energy to dry your clothes? I think that somehow you should be able to use microwave technology to microwave clothes, and also use a water-absorbing drum to pull out moisture, and finally to develop a way to recycle the heat while exiting the moisture, [...]
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October
Adding Subway space during rush hour Posted 2008-01-24 I was trying to catch the subway in NYC the other day, and me and hundreds of others had to wait for 3 trains to pass until there was enough room to fit us in. I think that seats in crowded subway lines during rush hour and [...]
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October
Posted 2008-01-24 There are at least 5 car spaces per cross street in almost every major city that can’t be used, due to the fire hydrants. I don’t want to suggest a concept that would hurt people. But I think this is worth a test. Why don’t we just have a tall pole indicating where [...]
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October
CANS & BOTTLES: We recycle only carbonated beverages and I don’t know why. You can drink a bottle of Yoohoo or Coke in aluminum cans, and the Yoohoo bottle is not recyclable. WHY? it doesn’t make sense. With all of the milk, juices, water (and Yoohoo!) sold in plastic bottles and cans, they should add [...]