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China is bidding to bring high-speed rail to the United States.
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Welcome to the Planet 100 for March 15, 2010. Here's what we're covering today.
WATCH VIDEO: China High Speed Rail
China Rails USA
China plans to bid for contracts to build a high speed rail network in the US, deputy railway minister Wang Zhiguo said Saturday.
Earlier this year, the White House announced $8 billion in grants for rail projects including the high-speed system in California, Florida and Illinois. China has already built 4000 miles of its own 16,000 mile high speed rail network to be completed in 2020 at a cost of $300 billion.
According to Wang: "China is willing to share its mature and advanced technology with other countries to promote development of the world's high-speed railways."
Via: Huffington Post
Daylight Losing Time
This weekend saw clocks in America spring forward to usher in Daylight Savings Time, an annual ritual long thought to conserve energy.
But a 2008 study by the University of California-Santa Barbara reveals that the opposite is true. Switching the state Indiana to (sun) daylight savings time cost households an additional $8.6 million in electricity bills, the reduced cost of lighting in the afternoons being offset by air conditioning on hot afternoons and heating on cool mornings.
Via: Climate Progress
Lagerfeld Glacier
Designer Karl Largerfeld debuted his Chanel Fall Winter 2010 Collection in Paris last weekend in front of a 265 ton glacier. What was his inspiration? Global warming? Drowning polar bears? Nope, it was apparently The Ice Hotel in Sweden, proving that fashion really is in a world of its own.
Via: Ecouterre
