The more I dig into learning about fracking, as well as the oil and gas industry’s responses to it, the more certain I am that the earthquakes felt on Aug. 23 in Colorado and Virginia were man-made. Whether it happened because of the initial fracking, or because of the thousands of gallons of salt water … [Read more…]
Even if you think fracking is a good idea, currently wells are being sold in a ponzi-type environment, at 5-10 times their potential earnings. It will not end well. How to at least slow fracking for now while the effects of such a harmful practice can be studied: If you are in the United States, … [Read more…]
Yesterday, Colorado (where I am from) experienced an unnatural earthquake. I was talking with my friend about it today. My friend works in freight forwarding (which is an industry helping companies get their products and materials shipped around the world). Friend: “I know. I read it on your blog already.” Me: “Well, what do you … [Read more…]
Global warming a hoax or not? Regardless, I thought this statement form Natural News was quite poignant. Do not focus your fear on whether Big Government is exploiting the global warming crisis for political gain. You should be far more concerned to discover that you are living among a population of numbskulls who eat, and … [Read more…]
If we really knew what was powering the things we use every day If we really could see the damage we do by even the simplest actions If we had to inhale the consequences of what we do and how we do it… Would we make a change? This is brilliant marketing for what promises … [Read more…]
The deforestation of the Brazilian rain forest is everyone’s concern.
A couple of interesting articles about LED Lighting. Definitely the future… CFL’s are just an interim step. When LED’s become as cheap as CFL’s (they already are cheaper if you factor in life of the bulbs), CFL’s will fall by the wayside. Background and overview of LED Lighting http://news.discovery.com/tech/one-hundred-watt-led-bulbs-lighting-up-110518.html LEDs used as wireless transmitters (Say … [Read more…]
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/29/the-curious-case-of-the-immortal-jellyfish/ What do you think GreenJoyment? Is this a case of Human caused mutation? Nature mutation in response to human activity? Something that has always been there that we’re just now discovering?
I can’t embed these videos because for some reason Reuters would rather you watch them on YouTube… I don’t understand that. In any case, here are a couple of videos about interesting solar concepts and technologies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYfnvuADYSs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53fkjppuX00&feature=relmfu (Talking about NYCSolarMap.com)
Interested in seeing what can be made from scraps or have a design you’d like to share? The scraplab contest is the idea that anything can be made from scraps of something else. What could you make from scraps?