Corn Ethanol pushes up the price of your coffee at Starbucks. 
The Daily Green writes about how
the corn growing bonanza driven by government subsidies for the alternative fuel ethanol has tipped yet another domino in the economic food chain: Starbucks coffees.
At least, it’s part of the reason Starbucks is raising its prices, on average, [...]

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Climate change is happening, maybe not quite in the way we would expect.  After all we live in the age of blockbuster movies like “The Day After” and we expect things to be seen on an epic scale.
Yesterday the residents of the county of Berkshire, UK got a taste of climate change when about 15cm of [...]

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The new carbon-neutral London taxi service has a fleet of Toyota Prius petro-electric cars to provide “karmic” rides around town. Taking cash and account bookings, it costs less than many rival cab firms, which is surprising considering how remarkably posh it is.
All vehicles have sat-nav systems, leather seats, mini fridges stocked with complimentary Belu water, [...]

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Brian T. Edmondson has written an excellent short piece on why there are 3 reasons people don’t buy from you..
1. They can’t afford it…
This means they really can’t afford what your selling, no matter how bad they want it.
For marketers, price as an objection is no excuse, but in some cases, the money just isn’t there
2. [...]

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