Monthly Archives: March 2010

Bottled Water? No thanks!

By ADC | Published: March 24, 2010
The ‘Story of Stuff’ folks just released a new animated video on ‘The Story of Bottled Water’. This is a fun eight minute video on the development of the bottled water industry through ‘manufactured demand’ and the many negative effects buying bottled water has on the environment and your wallet. The video emphasizes the question, [...]
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A Cellulosic Ethanol story to follow

By ADC | Published: March 16, 2010
Switchgrass, fuel of the near future? The New York Times recently reported on work at the University of Wisconsin in which a new method was developed to break down lignocellulose into sugars. A recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Ronald T. Raines and Joseph B. Binder outlines a process [...]
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A Car That Needs a Caffeine Fix As Much As You Do

By ADC | Published: March 9, 2010
Imagine stopping at a gas station for coffee and walking out with a cup for yourself and a bag of grounds for your car. Sharing your love of java with your car is exactly what the people at ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ (a British TV show) had in mind when they designed the Car-puccino. This [...]
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Climate Change Hoax? Hardly.

By AKB | Published: March 3, 2010
“I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion.” – Al Gore. Me too buddy. I wish that I could wake up tomorrow and the facts were different. I wish climate change was a lie. Unfortunately, it’s not. “The overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged.” “Companies whose business plans are dependent [...]
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How the GOP goes green

By AKB | Published: March 1, 2010
“We are more dependent on foreign oil today than after 9/11. That is political malpractice, and every member of Congress is responsible” says Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator, South Carolina) in a recent NYTimes article: How the GOP goes green. “We can’t be a nation that always tries and fails,” Graham concludes. “We have to eventually [...]
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