Hmmm. I'm not convinced the PowerPot will work, but I'm excited to try one when the designer actually launches the product in June. Basic idea: a simple cook pot with an electric cord attached to it. Heat the pot over a campfire or a campstove and it is supposed to generate enough electricity to power a cell phone, GPS or other small electronic device.

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This is a Dot Earth, NYT post well worth reading. Paul Douglas, a self-professed moderate Republican Christian meteorologist from Minnesota and an  entrepreneur, who believes the Republican Party needs to stop playing politics and recognize the climate is changing due in large part to human activity.  Bloomberg News today published…