If you’re looking for a more environmentally friendly way to live, there are several changes you can make around your home that may benefit the planet. In addition to reducing your carbon footprint, these changes can also possibly save you money on your utility bills and other household expenses. (more…)
Today is the 90th anniversary of the first demonstration of the television, and thus an opportunity for me to tell this little story.
The technology of TV was developed before humankind could figure out how to use it, and thus the early days were not too different from those of radio. TV producers would put a man with a microphone reading the news or a script from “The Lone Ranger” in front of a camera. The viewer would have essentially the same experience he had with radio; the only difference was the minor enhancement of being able to see the announcer. (more…)
My fine friend Brian McGowan writes about this article, which offers bad news for the solar industry in Nevada: You know about this right?
Yes, I’m aware of it. But it doesn’t come as any surprise given the way we regulate and incentive our power utilities. (more…)
From global warming to growing landfills, climate concerns have many of us feeling discouraged about our planet’s future. However, while humans may be prone to environmental follies, many of our mistakes can be fixed with a little ingenuity. The environmental cleanup success stories below prove that hope lies in even the messiest situations. (more…)
On my post “Adventures in Biofuels,” a reader notes: One thing I notice is you continue to point to nuclear as an option. Do you really believe humans can build a facility, operate it efficiently and dispose of the waste safely? I do not.
I don’t see any a priori reason that human beings can’t control nuclear energy. In the first place, even with 60-year-old technology, it’s already several orders of magnitude safer than fossil fuels in terms of deaths and illnesses. Most environmentalists don’t want to admit this, but it’s completely true. On top of that, we have the promise of “advanced nuclear,” and, while that means several different things like aneutronic fusion and liquid fluoride thorium reactors, all of this looks extremely appealing (albeit a couple of decades away from commercialization).
Our environment is a precious resource that we all know is being rapidly exhausted by conspicuous consumption, and dangerous fossil fuel use. Finding ways to circumvent the trappings created by society that often find us in an endless cycle of having to buy products and create waste is a challenge, but still possible. Here are a few wonderful ways to both cut your budget, and be kind to your planet. (more…)
There were two stories in our news last week that bear notice. One was the discovery of a mass grave in Kenya in which the bodies date back 12,000 years. It was clear that these people met their demise in a war; most had their skulls smashed in by clubs or hatchets.
What’s most important here was the date. (more…)
I hope you’ll check out the extremely well-presented article linked above, which offers a uniquely compelling solution. FWIW, we at 2GreenEnergy will be working hard to get this off the ground; we’re very much looking forward to the challenge.
Vertical Farming
It’s almost impossible to avoid being confronted with waste. Wherever we look, people and industries produce mass amounts of it, littering our environment and spreading toxic chemicals. This alarming trend can however be reversed by using green technologies, like the following. (more…)
When my wife just walked into my office (at lunch time) and watched a few seconds of this video on the melting of the glaciers in Greenland and the Antarctic, she said jokingly, “Let’s break out the bourbon,” meaning that we’re doomed anyway; let’s live it up while we can.
Indeed. It’s scary stuff, but I’m OK on waiting for 5 PM.
