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Money That Grows On Trees
parvez1 submits this piece about a process that uses plants to soak up and accumulate contaminants - and gold - from near gold-mining sites. Then the plants are harvested for their metal content. The plants aren't bio-engineered - he's taking advantage of the natural tendency for certain plants to accumulate heavy metals.
What do you mean? We've been eating Hot Dogs for years!
And as long as we're nitpicking, I'm pretty sure all the money in America doesn't come from the same mint. Or even the same country for that matter. I assume you meant the United States of America, because America isn't of the United States, but I'm one of those people who has to point out every little thing like that.
And I don't do laundry, you insensitive clod!
Anyone remember Command&Conquer?
--- I hate my sig.
Point One: The USA is the only *country* in the world with the name America in it, so far as google and I know,
Point Two: The people of a country always have a descriptive name related to the name of said country. For example: Russian, French, Italian, Canadian, etc.
Final Point: Would you really have us called 'YouEssAyyans'? 'Staters'? 'United People'? What -- seriously, can you think of a more descript name for the citizens of the US of America?
"America" does indeed describe to continents, and yes, most, ahem, Americans know it. If there was country called 'The United Factions of Europe', you can damn well guarantee they'd call them Europeans, and everyone would know what they meant. As a matter of fact, I have a friend who's South African. No one questions the legitimacy of this description of his homeland, even though there are certainly other countries that could be called South African (the continent). Everyone, everywhere in the world knows what someone means when you say 'American' (and yes, it's usually conjures negative connotation).
Anyway, descriptors of continents often connote ethnic background, which isn't applicable here at all. 'South American' suggests a clear ethnic origin, as does 'European', 'Asian', and 'African'. But what does 'North American' suggest? The only valid use of 'North American' is for discussions of geography, in which the word 'continent' would usually be applied anyway. I can *absolutely* say that if you're in Mexico and guarantee something with American money, they won't be expecting pesos.
oops, wrong link (once again, Google news links to wrong story) "The Supreme Court upheld the standards in February, 2001, and environmental and public health groups, including the American Lung Association and Environmental Defense, sued to force the government into action." here we go