All it takes is the first commercial project producing bio-fuel to start making money, then development work will drop the price of biofuel even as the cost of extracting fossil fuel will continue to rise.
Did you know that since the 1970's around half the cars in Brazil are fueled by ethanol produced from sugar cane? You would think that a demonstration this wide was convincing enough, but here we are still gargling oil.
I spent some time testing various workloads on ScheisseFS, but in the end it was just a shitty solution.
What a crappy wordplay!
Given all of that, if advertisements are unavoidable I'd prefer random advertisements that are totally untargeted to who I am and what I do. I know, I know, that is "unprofitable" for the service providers and merchants.
You really woud rather have a penis enlargement ad, nsfw banner or pyramid scheme ad instead of whatever it is you get? You know that no matter how good the offer they're showing you are not required to click, or spend money, on it, don't you?
...and my first thought was: Wow! How many zeros in a brazillion?
Our population is about 200.000.000. Is this what a brazillion is? If so, eight zeros!
I may be breaking the fundamental rules of Slashdot, but
This is the very definition of "nothing to see here, move along".
You're misinterpreting, this guy is so good he leaves no digital footprints! =P
Start naming please.
Just for the sake of participating, I'm from Brazil, 34yo, and in my lifetime - until about my 15th birthday in fact, before Real - we had 6 currencies I can remember: Cruzeiro, Cruzado, Cruzeiro Novo (New Cruzeiro), Cruzado Novo (New Cruzado - this one might have come before the previous), Cruzeiro Real, Real (which we have until today)
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League