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		<title>Fitness Tax Credit:  Fitness Inducer or Revenue Reducer?</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2010/09/25/fitness-tax-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I wrote about a proposed junk food tax.  Proponents of junk food taxes argue that maintaining good health amoung individuals in society is an important public policy consideration.  But there are components to a healthy lifestyle beyond avoiding junk food.  Fitness through physical activity is frequently cited as a critical element of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economics of Oil and Fruit Roll-Ups</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2010/07/10/economics-of-oil-and-fruit-roll-ups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first grade, my favorite part of my lunch was Fruit Roll-Ups.  My Mom used to call them fruit road kill, but to my first grade taste buds they were a gourmet fruit treat.  I quickly learned that my consumption of fruit rolls ups could not exceed my supply.  I had two primary supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arguments For and Against Junk Food and Soda Taxes</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/12/27/arguments-for-and-against-junk-food-and-soda-taxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over junk food taxes is drawing increasing attention from both sides.  Continued debate over of the adverse health impacts of sugary drinks is coupled with heating debate over the propriety of a tax on a dietary pleasure &#8212; a pleasure some believe people have an unassailable right to partake in, but others find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tension Between Public Healthcare and Personal Health Habits</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/11/23/the-tension-between-public-healthcare-and-personal-health-habits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does societal responsibility for individual health needs give rise to individual responsibility to maintain health? The proposed changes in healthcare have consumed a fair portion of media attention over the past few months.  Much of the debate revolves around the provisioning of healthcare to American’s.  But buried deep in the discussions is some talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turboexpanders:  Harnessing the Hidden Potential of Our Natural Gas Distribution System</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/03/09/turboexpanders-harnessing-the-hidden-potential-of-our-natural-gas-distribution-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the innovations in green energy involve the recapture of otherwise wasted energy.  Regenerative breaking systems on hybrid automobiles recapture the kinetic energy inherent in the motion of the vehicle.  In a conventional automobile, as the brakes are applied, friction in the braking system converts this kinetic energy to waste heat.  But in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JetLev-Flyer: The Flying Personal Watercraft</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/02/06/jetlev-flyer-the-flying-personal-watercraft/</link>
		<comments>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/02/06/jetlev-flyer-the-flying-personal-watercraft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MS Watersports Gmbh out of Germany is now selling the JetLev-Flyer, a water propelled jet pack.  The design looks both novel and simple.  Based on a video from the company&#8217;s website, it appears the JetLev-Flyer works as follows: The rider/pilot straps on a jet pack. The jet pack is connected to a hose that runs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Capacitor Challenge&#8221; Wins XPRIZE Video Contest, Exemplifies Growing Interest in Energy Storage Technology</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/02/05/the-capacitor-challenge-wins-xprize-video-contest-exemplifies-growing-interest-in-energy-storage-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/02/05/the-capacitor-challenge-wins-xprize-video-contest-exemplifies-growing-interest-in-energy-storage-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today XPRIZE Foundation announced that &#8220;The Capacitor Challenge&#8221;, a video calling for innovation in ultracapacitor technology, is the winner of their &#8220;What&#8217;s Your Crazy Green Idea&#8221; video contest [see my previous post about the contest].  The $25,000 prize was awarded to the video creators Kyle Good and Bryan Le of Irvine, California for receiving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Junk Food Tax: Good for Our Health or Bad for Our Wealth?</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/02/03/the-junk-food-tax-good-for-our-health-or-bad-for-our-wealth/</link>
		<comments>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/02/03/the-junk-food-tax-good-for-our-health-or-bad-for-our-wealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month New York Governor David Paterson proposed an obesity tax to be levied on fattening foods.  He characterizes America&#8217;s problem with obesity as a crisis.  Drawing a comparison to cigarettes, he suggests that just as cigarette taxes reduced the number of American&#8217;s consumption of cigarettes, a tax on certain junk foods should reduce the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Calling for Ultracapacitor Innovation Makes Final Cut for X PRIZE Green Video Contest</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/01/29/video-calling-for-ultracapacitor-innovation-makes-final-cut-for-x-prize-green-video-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A video calling for innovation in ultracapacitor technology has made the final cut for the X PRIZE Foundation&#8217;s &#8220;Crazy Green Idea&#8221; video challenge.  The X PRIZE Foundation offers large awards for the achievement of one of their defined goals, typically involving scientific and engineering innovation.  They select goals with potential benefit to humanity.  In October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Outdated Behavioral Code to Blame for Unhealthy Living Habits?</title>
		<link>http://jacobrheuban.com/2009/01/09/is-outdated-behavioral-code-to-blame-for-unhealthy-living-habits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rheuban</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding the well known danger and the clear evidence that healthy living habits significantly reduces the risk, many Americans choose to live lifestyles that put them at high risk of suffering from heart disease.   To explain this seemingly irrational human behavior let's take a look at how evolution has coded humans to behave.]]></description>
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