a mixed bag of green news
by rd @ 8:43 am 2 comments »
- Six Things You Didn’t Know You Could Get Addicted To - cracked.com
- Once an oil man, always an oil man. Bush Uses High Gas Prices to ‘Bushwack’ Arctic Refuge - enn/green purse
- See above. Hundreds of Ducks Die in Toxic Pond - msnbc
- Just don’t let Kofi Annan and his son handle the budget. Africa Needs Green Revolution - bbc
- This adds a whole other meaning to “I’m just going to wash-up.” Spate of ‘Detergent Suicides’ Hits Japan - cnn
- I’m still getting my head around Robert Downey Jr. as an action star. Real-life Iron Man: Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength - scientific american
- I’m all for re-introducing predators but…African Lion on the Loose Near Ottawa - breitbart
tag it | digg it | hugg it | email this | trackback | link to this post
ETHANOL BOYCOTT
Has anyone ever thought of boycotting ethanol blended gasoline? I’m doing it. Corn-based ethanol is rife with unintended consequences - diverting agriculture away from the global food supply, increasing food costs (and starvation) and putting more pressure on the land and water tables by having agriculture have to support both food and energy.
It sounds counter-intuitive - and I was using ethanol for years thinking I was doing the right thing - but a 10% ethanol blend only reduced normal emissions by 4%. So don’t buy ethanol, drive at least 4% less to not increase your current carbon footprint, and help both humanity and the planet.
Much more effective than using ethanol is to make your next vehicle purchase a much more fuel efficient one (or a bicycle).
Cheers,
George Parkanyi
Thanks for the info….I am trying to put together a list of what celebs are doing to help the environment. Ed Begley Jr. is having a sweepstakes where he flys you to Hollywood and gives you tips on how to go green ( http://www.earthlab.com/life/livingwithed/ ) Pretty crazy stuff. Obviously there are many others. Drop me a link if you have any on the top of your head. Thanks again for the info!