Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
published September 9, 2009 and has No Comments
Timber Houses Lead a Double Life. As Carbon Sinks. National Geographic points us to the work of Galina Churkina of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research in Germany. TreeHugger has often made the case for wood construction as a way of creating less CO2 during construction and sequestering it in the building; Galina takes it much further, suggesting ...
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Images from Popular Science via Inhabitat Wood construction has some tremendous advantages. Wood is strong, light, flexible and fast. Unlike concrete, which adds a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere for every ton of cement made, wood is renewable and sequesters carbon dioxide for the life of the building. Sarah Parsons at Inhabitat shows us how a seven storey ...
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Photo via CleanTechnica As fossil fuels get more expensive, some are talking about using more wood to generate energy. A New York-based company, Curran Renewable Energy, LLC, is saying they are the first Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody certified producer of wood pellets for national and international markets. FSC is the global standard-setter for sustainable forest management. The pellets ...
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Images via Contemporist Have I mentioned that I love wood as a building material? If sustainably harvested it provides a strong, beautiful material that can last for centuries and sequester CO2 the whole time. People have built bridges from it forever, but in such exposed circumstances they don't last forever. But now there are better wood preservation techniques, and ...
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Aleem Virani complains that "for five months I have been sending tips to TreeHugger and you never show my product. " No wonder- he sells disposable cutlery, not exactly the most TreeHugger correct product when we encourage restaurants and customers to stop using disposables. But when you meet him in person, Aleem tells a convincing story. Whether we like ...
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Wood is a wonderful building material; It is lovely to work with, warm in appearance and if sustainably harvested, sequesters Carbon Dioxide for the life of the timber. Its only big drawback is that it burns, which has limited its use in bigger buildings. However heavy timber can perform better than steel in fires, and there are effective sprinkler ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
