Posts Tagged ‘Consumer’
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. . .
Why Do Soy Lattes Cost More?
Coffee beverages have become a multi-billion dollar industry. Most of us support either a local roaster, Starbucks, Caribou, or for that matter any other regional coffee chain. If you’re a latte, cappuccino, espresso, mocha drinker you know the cost to indulge in your daily passion can get pretty expensive. I. . .
PETA Adds Porn To Influence Vegetarianism
Whether you support PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) or not, you have to give them kudos for coming up with clever ideas that market their message to a broader audience. The people at PETA have staged various public events around the world to draw consumer attention to. . .
Poll Shows More Americans Believe In Climate Change
According to Inside Climate News, the Republican presidential debates may have caused more Americans to believe in global climate change. A new Reuters/Stanford poll found that the percentage of Americans who believe the Earth has been warming rose to 83 percent from 75 percent. Jon Krosnick, a political science professor. . .
Drinking Milk Can Help Stave Off Type 2 Diabetes
Here’s another reason to drink that glass of milk before bedtime – drinking milk is associated with a 43 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes according to a new study that was conducted by Harvard University. Adults who keep drinking milk after their teen years are at a lower. . .
Raincoat Creates Potable Water
For those of you who love to follow fall fashion, the Copenhagen Institute Of Interaction Design (CIID) may have your next must have designer raincoat. The Raincatch is a garment that any self-proclaimed environmentalist would love to wear. The Raincatch acts as a coat and as a water gathering, purification,. . .
Wind Lens Triples Turbine Output
There’s a new wind turbine technology blowing into town. Researchers at the Japanese Kyushu University have developed a wind lens that triples a conventional wind turbine’s output. The wind lens looks like the brim of a hat when it is installed on a conventional wind turbine. This brim looking device,. . .
Earthquakes And Nuclear Power Plants
Earthquakes and nuclear power don’t seem to go hand in hand. Last month’s eastern earthquake that shook buildings from Virginia to New England shook a nuclear power plant twice as hard as it was designed to withstand. There was enough of a shake that prompted the North Anna plant to. . .
World Car Population Exceeds 1 Billion
In 2010 the global population of cars exceeded 1 billion. Still reigning in the number one spot – the U.S. with 239 million vehicles. Basically that works out to 1.3 people for every car. Coming in second, China with 78 million cars. China not surprisingly led the way in vehicle. . .
Ford To Provide Home Solar Option For Its EV’s
Ford Motor and solar panel maker SunPower have come up with a novel marketing idea for future buyers of Ford’s soon to be released all-electric Focus. Calling it the “Drive Green For Life” program, consumers who buy Ford electric vehicles will have an option to buy and have installed a. . .
Fuel Standards Fall Short
As you probably have already heard the President announced an agreement with 13 auto manufacturers to raise vehicle fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon by Model Year 2025. This raises the current 2012-2016 agreement from 35.5 to 54.5 in twelve and half years. The agreement cuts CO2 vehicle emissions. . .
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