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The Greater Challenge To Retirement Planning: Maya Prophecy, Climate Catastrophe, Or Living Big?

Image credit: Brendtwood For many the idea of Retirement Planning has been derailed by a global economic slump and increasing health care expenses. Those who take seriously the December 21, 2012, Maya Prophecy about astronomical alignment obviously won’t bother at all. (This latter force is hooey though: thrown in get your attention to the risk posed by weather extremes that prospective retirees must now consider.) Meanwhile, most of The English feel it will ” not be feasible for people… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Being An Environmentalist and Preservationist Can Get You Killed

Telegraph Angelo Vassallo was Mayor of the pretty little Italian town of Pollica, which Eric Reguly of the Globe and Mail calls “a cultural and environmental treasure.” He said no to illegal construction that Reguly says ” spreads like a cancer over so many seaside Italian towns”. He said no to sm… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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24-Carat Gold-Plated Folding Bike. Any Takers?

Image credit: Sean O’Dell From bike races in business attire at the Brompton World Championships to a DIY electric assist kit for the classic folding bike , the Brompton seems to be a magnet for the unusual. But I’m really not sure what to make of this pimped-out 24-carat-gold-plated Brompton that’s just gone on sale on eBay. I do know it will take a brave soul to ride that thing in public…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Le Pliable. French for Folding Bike Concept

All images: Saul Maret Over the past half dozen years we’ve had more folding bikes cross our screens at TreeHugger than a rear bicycle wheel has spokes. And they keep on coming. The latest one is courtesy of Saul Maret, a French designer, currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has shipped images of his Le Pliable folding bike around to various websites the past few weeks. And as best we can make out the bike is still at the concept stage, with the pix only showing CAD renderings. But still, it is an interesting idea for a compact bike…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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