Eco-Beat, 12/18

Was the Volt dance a wise use of GM's bailout money? Are the Whale Wars starting to become a little too much like the War-Wars? What's Santa driving these days? Today's Eco-Beat has the scoop on all the latest green news and tips.

Chevy Volt Dance: For Your Amusement
Looking for a cheap laugh? Watch this video. Perhaps serving as an example of the institutional problems endemic to GM, this dance/jingle was unveiled at the LA Auto Show and has been getting a lot of (negative) attention. Thanks for funding the arts, GM.

Captain Paul Watson, Photo: Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images

Whale Wars Become an Arms Race
During yesterday's clash, the Sea Shepherds busted out some kind of top secret laser weapon. Nobody knows what it does exactly, but it definitely ups the ante in a arms race that already includes acoustic weapons, rancid butter bombs and high-power water cannons.

Tarantula! Poster: Serviceplan Dritte Werbeagentur GmbH

Human Monster Movies
A competition held by the Convention on Migratory Species has yielded these horror movie posters that feature humans as the rampaging monsters, picking on helpless great white sharks, tarantulas and gorillas. Kinda funny ... kinda true.

Santa's Sleigh, Photo: WeaselMcfee, Flickr

GE Re-imagines Santa's Sleigh
If you've been wondering when Santa is going trade in that old clunker and get himself a new eco-tech sleigh, the answer is now. The energy gurus at GE have designed a new sleigh that includes ice-repellent nano coatings, self-power OLEDs and a trip optimizer.

The Yes Men Survivaball prank, Photo: Yesmen.org

The Yes Men: How They Do It
Wanna see the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at Yes Men HQ that enables them to pull off those incredible pranks? The Huffington Post was able to get one of their reporters inside the Yes Men compound to do some investigating.

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Posted: 2009-12-18 12:00:00

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Author:Josh Loposer

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