Posts Tagged ‘Consumer’
Dead Birds And Fish Start 2012 Conspiracies
So the question on everyone’s minds this year – will this year really be the last one for humankind? 2012 is off to a great start in keeping this supposed myth alive in the media’s gun sights. Have you heard of the falling birds in Arkansas and the schools of. . .
Winter Solstice 2011
This year’s winter solstice will occur at 12:30 am on December 22 kicking off the official start of winter in the northern hemisphere. Besides being the shortest day of the year, the annual winter solstice also marks the start of a long progression towards summer, with days becoming increasingly longer. . .
Green Gifts And The Stress Of The Holidays
Twas the last week before Christmas and shoppers are everywhere! Bouncing here and there, and making such a noise in finding the best deals – just before the relatives arrive from out of town. The holidays are an exhausting time period. Health reports show that the stress levels skyrocket during. . .
Electric Ford Focus Hits 100 MPG
As the old TV jingle went, “Wouldn’t you rather drive a Ford?” Ford Motor is looking to do something a little different in the electric car arena. Their first all electric-car is based on the top selling Ford Focus model, and it will have the best MPG for an all-electric. . .
By 2040 One In Two Cars Will Be A Hybrid
By the year 2040 there is a one in two chance that you will be driving a hybrid vehicle. Global demand for oil to power the world’s cars will demand that every other car put into production be a hybrid, in order to keep oil consumption in check. By 2040. . .
Real Or Artificial Christmas Trees?
With the holiday season upon us the question to ask for those that celebrate the Christmas season – do you buy a real Christmas tree or a fake one? Which is the more prudent environmental choice? Artificial trees are typically manufactured with metal and polyvinyl chloride, a petroleum based plastic. . .
The Old Light In A Plastic Bottle Trick
Sometimes it’s the simplest solutions that are overlooked. What do you do if you are not fortunate enough to be able to afford electricity to light one bulb in your home or business? In a novel development created by students at MIT comes the “old light in a plastic bottle. . .
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here’s a novel idea for Thanksgiving dinner – turn the power off. After the bird is cooked, assuming you’re a carnivore, shut down all of the lights and do what our predecessors did, light the candles. Romantic, energy saving, or reducing your carbon footprint, you pick the reason for lighting up. . .
The Many Uses Of Olive Oil
Olive oil has been around for some 6000 years. Man has used it for a variety of purposes, and most of us enjoy it in the foods we prepare. However, as the ancients knew, olive oil has multiple uses around your home. As a remedy, it has been used to. . .
Big Buck Environmentalists
Wouldn’t you love to be in the same position as our nation’s big buck environmentalists? Besides the obvious trappings of wealth that these individuals have in common, the one thing that sets them apart from their equally rich peer group, is that these people are putting their money to work. . .
Time To End Daylight Savings?
Yesterday marked the end of Daylight Savings Time (DST). You may still be feeling the groggy effects of falling back an hour and seeing your daylight end one hour earlier. I’m not a big fan of DST, and pretty much everyone I speak to agrees with that position. Even though. . .
Extreme Weather And Global Warming
A new international scientific report by the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, says that the weather extremes we are observing now will only worsen due to global warming. According to the report the world can expect more floods, more droughts, and greater financial losses from these extreme weather events. The. . .
Binging On Halloween
How do you take the fun out of Halloween? By ending the practice of passing out high sugar, high fat content candy to those lovely little trick or treater’s. Halloween seems to be the binge holiday for kid’s, something akin to the binge holiday adults love to partake in on. . .
Starbucks May Add Juice Bars To Offset Coffee Bean Loss
Coffee lovers beware; global climate change may bring the hammer down on your highly addictive lifestyle. Starbucks, the world’s largest purveyor of coffee drinks is raising the alarm that its business model could be significantly altered within the next 10 years. Though nothing has been confirmed, rumors are circulating that. . .
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