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Toys 'R' Us building massive rooftop solar project

Toys "R" Us announced today that it plans to cover 70 percent of the roof of its distribution center, located in the leafy suburb of Flanders, N.J., with a solar installation.

The 5.38-megawatt solar project is a massive undertaking for a rooftop installation. Toys "R" Us claims this will be the largest rooftop solar installation in North America.

The Flanders distribution center is the largest distribution facility in the U.S. for the toy and electronics retailer. Toys "R" Us estimates that the roof spans about 32 acres. More than 869,294 square feet (almost 20 acres) of that roof will be covered in solar panels, according to the company.… Read more

Off-topic: There really are more left-handers

I saw this in The Daily Telegraph when leaving the UK on Sunday, and it confirmed something that I've noticed and remarked upon many times in the last few years:

There are more left-handers than there used to be. 11% of the population, instead of the 3% that joined the right-handed majority 100 years ago.

Surely something has gone wrong. Perhaps it's all that genetically altered food we eat. But what will we do if the left-handers take over?!? Will we be inundated with Ned Flanders lookalikes? Plagued by "leftoriums" everywhere???

The only thing to do … Read more