Category Archives: Human Behavior

What’s a Locavore to do?

By ADC | Published: September 14, 2009
To start off with, I will define the term “locavore”. A locavore is intent on purchasing only (or as much as possible) locally produced food believing that minimizing food-miles (the distance food has to travel to your table) will in turn reduce energy consumption and save the planet. This belief has caught on in eco-conscious [...]
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What’s the trouble with oil? (5/5)

By AKB | Published: June 16, 2009
In this final post on crude oil I’ll discuss why there’s so much controversy over oil. In short, using fossil fuels like crude has negative effects on the environment, economy, and therefore everyone. The organic material that is found in crude oil sometimes contain sulfur atoms which if combusted turns into SO2 and then into [...]
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The switch to digital television

By AKB | Published: June 6, 2009
I only made it about 3 paragraphs into this NYTimes article about the switch to digital television when I thought of a quick article to write for this blog. Okay, so I hope you know the gist of this whole story. The US government decided to end analogue television signals on June 12, 2009 to [...]
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The Psychology of Climate Change

By AKB | Published: June 4, 2009
“Let’s start with the fact that climate change is anthropogenic. More or less, people have agreed on that. That means it’s caused by human behavior. That’s not to say that engineering solutions aren’t important. But if it’s caused by human behavior, then the solution probably also lies in changing human behavior.” Elke Weber An informative [...]
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