Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Forget Biofuels - It’s Air All the Way, Baby!

June 12th, 2008

Check it:

What’s sad is that, but for human greed and short-sightedness, this could have been the path for the automotive industry beginning over a century ago.
Oh, but you can’t make nearly the money on compressed air as you can on selling fuel, be it gasoline or biofuels or hydrogen. So yeah, all those corporations and [...]

A New Meaning to “Hair of the Dog”

April 14th, 2008

But one man’s problem is a nation’s opportunity. Has any scientist
researched the practicality of replacing coal-fired power plants with
new versions fueled by a never-ending supply of dog hair? Other
promising possibilities: (1) automotive fuel additive (great
opportunity for catchy brand name – Petkinol, Labrodiesel, or
PetroK-9); (2) compressed pellets for use as mail padding to reduce
styrofoam production; (3) [...]

Turn Them Lights Out, Bubba!

March 29th, 2008

Today, hundreds of thousands of people, and hundreds of cities across the world are participating in Earth Hour. From 8 pm - 9 pm local time, people all over the world will be turning off their lights. In homes, businesses, city & state government facilities, the lights go dark as a way to raise awareness [...]

Bottled Water = The Suck

November 28th, 2007

The more I find out about bottled water and the environmental and human costs that producing bottled water incur, the more I am convinced that we - and by “we” I mean “I” - need to make some changes. Tonight I attended a meeting of my food coop and one of the items up for [...]

Invasion of the Indestructible Plastic Bags

August 30th, 2007

So, one of the ways we are screwing over ourselves and the planet is the sheer, overwhelming, mindbogglingly huge amount of plastic that we litter around our world.
Plastic does not die. Maybe, someday, all the bags, tops, six-pack rings, etc. will find their way below the earth’s crust and be destroyed by the fires of [...]