Question: How many industrial chemicals are in use right now? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Every day, we introduce 3 – 5 new chemicals, less than 1% of which are tested for toxicity.
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Rainforest Destruction
Question: At what rate are we losing the world’s rainforests? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: According to rain-tree.com: If nothing is done to curb this trend, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years. Massive deforestation …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy — Today’s Topic: Inexpensive Electricity
Question: How cheaply can we generate electricity if we don’t care what we do to the planet in the process? Answer: Can be found at here: Relevance: A friend told me about his trip to Inner Mongolia (see photo linked …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: Talking Trash
Question: How much trash does the average American generate daily? Answer: Can be found HERE. Relevance: As suggested in this brilliant video, The Story of Stuff, our ultra-consumer society is on a crash course with sustainability.
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: Junk Mail and Environmentalism
Question: Approximately how many trees are ground up each year to make junk mail? Answer: Can be found here. Relevance: A big part of the business I ran for almost 30 years was direct mail. Note that I refer to …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: Reducing Waste Plastic
A two-fer! Questions: How long does it take for some plastic bottles to break down in landfills? How many plastic bags are used worldwide every year? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Most plastics are derived from petroleum and …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: Renewable Energy Conferences
Question: Since 2005, what has been home to the most important Renewable Energy event in Central America? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Many smaller countries, whose activities may be less important to the world economy, routinely make extremely robust …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: Biomass
Question: The dozens of flavors of biomass technologies are all rooted in making use of the chemical energy stored in the bonds of complex, organic molecules, which, in some processes, is released to reform biofuels, normally in the form of …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy Today’s Topic: The Cost of Sugarcane Waste (“Bagasse”)
Question: 2GreenEnergy client Canefields USA, LLC has negotiated a supply of 50,000 metric tons per month of raw sugarcane (waste) “bagasse” fiber from major sugar producers in Brazil, from which it will produce eco-friendly carbon-neutral paper. Approximately how much per …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy (and Global Warming Remedy). Today’s Topic: The World’s Total Energy Consumption
Question: What is the world’s total energy consumption, in Watts? Answer: Can be found HERE. Relevance: 80% of the Earth’s energy (the total you see on the Answers page) is generated by burning hydrocarbons – a process that’s clearly unsustainable. …
