Archive | August, 2008

Want to Save at the Pump? Try Blending Fuel Pumps

By on August 27, 2008 in ethanol

Perhaps a break for consumer fuel prices Picture Credit: (Cole_H(Old Skool) Unity Biofuels plans to save consumers money with new blending fuel dispenser: Clean energy company Unity Biofuels has announced that it is developing self-blending ethanol fuel dispensers, to help blend ethanol with gasoline directly in the pump and thus help consumers to avoid the [...]

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Destroy Rainforests to Grow Sugar Cane?

By on August 25, 2008 in Biofuels

One Side of the Story NEW YORK (Reuters) – Primate scientist Jane Goodall said on Wednesday the race to grow crops for vehicle fuels is damaging rain forests in Asia, Africa and South America and adding to the emissions blamed for global warming. Picture Credit: (Irene Roxanne) “We’re cutting down forests now to grow sugarcane [...]

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Is California loosing its Grip on Green?

By on August 22, 2008 in health

California chemical ban bills are defeated. An avalanche of lobbying buried two bills in the Assembly on Monday that sought to ban controversial chemicals from fast food containers, microwave popcorn bags and baby bottles. From Sacbee.com: The measures, Senate Bill 1713 by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, and Senate Bill 1313, by Sen. Ellen Corbett, [...]

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How to Check Your Carbon Footprint

By on August 20, 2008 in Environment

Would you like to measure your carbon footprint? Global Footprint Network has announced a new ecological footprint calculator. Currently there are calculators available for the U.S. and Australia, with more countries being added all the time. To use it, click on click here and then click one of the countries to help see how your [...]

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Do We Need Air Conditioning Outdoors at the Summer Olympics?

By on August 18, 2008 in Environment

NBC can talk to their viewers about saving the planet, but it’s the old hypocritical saying: Do what I say, Don’t do like I do. Due to the warm humid air at the Beijing China Olympics, NBC is using air conditioning to cool off their commentators while conducting their interview outside. WTHR, the NBC affiliate [...]

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Is the Most Expensive Commodity in America Ignorance?

By on August 15, 2008 in oil

Americans might be starting to have a change of mind about buying smaller cars as gas and oil prices decline. Car shoppers who panicked in June and July about gas prices are losing interest in small compact cars as fuel prices have declined. Americans are starting to use more gasoline as prices continue to fall, [...]

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The New Land Grab: American Foreclosures

By on August 13, 2008 in oil

Picture Credit: Krakow 81 Will Oil Rich Funds buy Foreclosed American Homes as OPEC Countries post highest profits in 2008? The Buying of America. Whether you realize it or not: There’s a new land grab starting in America. Foreign money, which up to now has focused its attention on investing in iconic commercial real estate [...]

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In Soviet Russia, Oil Pipeline Disputes You!

By on August 8, 2008 in oil

There are major world-happenings going on as Russian tanks roll into Georgia and the price of oil drops over $4.00 per barrel. Usually, in a crisis like this, the price of oil would be heading up, not down. Is this about the oil pipeline and oil being supplied to the west or is Russia trying [...]

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Billions Spent on Global Warming? No Way, Mate!

By on August 8, 2008 in Global Warming

(Australian Map photo credit: Vodkamax) Another Point of View from an Australian Global Warming Scientist. “Government is like fire, a handy servant but a dangerous master.” George Washington From the Australian: “The world has spent $50 billion on global warming since 1990, and we have not found any actual evidence that carbon emissions cause global [...]

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Fish Sex Being Changed by Global Warming

By on August 4, 2008 in Global Warming

(Image Credits: Cousseau, B. and Perrotta, R.G. / Fishbase.org, mrjerz) Warmer water can change the sex and sex life of fish. Once scientists began studying the impact of global warming on everything from tourism to asthma, it was only a matter of time before they got around to sex. Now two biologists at Spain’s Higher [...]

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