Two pronged attack Energy Efficiency and Conservation

The total energy efficiency of the United States is less than 50% and the total amount of energy produced by oil and coal together is almost 75%. Now let’s pretend we would like to put less carbon into the atmosphere and as a given oil and coal happen to be the sources that put most [...]

Cap and Trade Infographic

I have been meaning to write an article on cap and trade in the United States but it can be hard for people to understand and without other major polluting countries having similar programs, the whole thing seemed somewhat pointless. In the US, however, the program will have an effect on our poor sad economy [...]

Greenwashing

  Everywhere we go recently it seems as though there is a brand new eco-friendly “green” versions of old products.  I have mentioned a few of these silly thing like the 57 watt light bulb as a new energy efficient version of the 60 watt. I have been coming across even more ludicrous examples, many of them outright lies.  Often you can see [...]

Clean water is good for your health

As you may or may not know a contributing factor to the fall of the Roman Empire was the widespread use of lead water pipes and eating utensils… Reverse osmosis Water Filter by Blue Gold for Life 5092010 We sell a water filtration system that is amazing. It is a three stage reverse osmosis system that [...]

Free and Easy Recycling, Reuse it

Freecycling: How We Can All Save Items From Landfill Although many people have never heard of the organization, Freecycle is one of the best ideas to come along in quite a while, especially for people who are doing their best to live frugally and save the Earth’s resources. Located at www.freecycle.org, this group encourages its [...]

Geothermal energy waste into lithium batteries

Most geothermal energy plants inject water deep into the ground where the earth’s heat energy turns it into steam used to generate electricity. The wastewater from this process is full of elements that are not abundant on the surface and that includes lithium.  Without going too far into battery technology lithium batteries last four times as long as conventional [...]

Pollution in the Charles River

pollution I just read a book called Zodiac by Neal Stephanson and I liked it very much mostly because it takes place in Boston, the rivers and harbor which I know quite well. It made me realize how different things are now in terms of pollution. In the eighties even the Charles and the Inner [...]

Recycling Computers in India

What happens to your E-Waste? …all kinds of wrong here