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- Cath Kidston Eco-Bags Now At Tesco
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Date: Dec 27, 2008 8:41 PMCath Kidston also did a eco bag and make up bag with Japanese Magazine check wikipedia.
- Top 10 Answers to the Statement: You Might be a Hypermiler If...
Author: Charlie
Date: Dec 27, 2008 7:44 PMIf, to pull out of the garage, you put it in neutral (with the engine off, of course), get out of the car, walk around the back, and start pulling.
- Top 10 Answers to the Statement: You Might be a Hypermiler If...
Author: alwaysmoving
Date: Dec 27, 2008 7:37 PM
URL: http://www.jayride.co.nzYou might be a hypermiler if: you only carpool with Jockeys and little people lest you increase the weight of your vehicle :)
- The Power-Pipe: Recycling Heat From Drainwater
Author: thomas
Date: Dec 27, 2008 7:16 PMBe carefull!, warm water around 30-40 degree celcius grow a bacteria that is common in all water called leigonella. The water needs to be hotter than 55degrees something to kill the bacteria.
- A Visit to Prince Charles' Highgrove Garden
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Date: Dec 27, 2008 5:28 PMThis Garden is all Prince Charles Vision and for the most part his own work. I've read up on the royals for some years now and it's well documented that his back almost give out during the planting of the trees. He works hard. Also, the reason he pays no tax on Duchy Origainals is because the profit all goes to charity. As for the Prince of Wales picking and choosing when he wants to be enviroment freindly - I take it that these comments are coming from a city mindset, which is typical. How the Hell can you preserve the species unless balance them out. We have to shoot red foxes in order to protect the Gray foxes. The problem with Know-It-Alls like Jessica is that she spends to much time trying to percieve failings on others and not enougth time examining her own - Envey and Bitterness being two prime examples
- Quote of the Day: New York Times on Why We Need A Gas Tax
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Date: Dec 27, 2008 4:49 PMLeaving aside for a moment the comical idea of accepting economic advice from the editorial board of newspaper that is on the verge of bankruptcy ... Monty wrote: "This can work, but it starts with not calling it a 'gas tax'." What would you suggest we call it, Monty? How about "the magical faery mystery reverse-gift"? Simply calling it something else, doesn't change the fact that it is a tax. "The concept should be to essentially set the price of petrol," Ah-hah. So, in other words what you have in mind is the government seizing private industries and nationalising them, and having a centrally-planned economy, where the government sets prices of commodities. That's working out real well in Venezuela and Zimbabwe. "and the extra revenue created should be set aside in a general fund. Those funds should be divided evenly among all Americans annually." Lovely. A centrally-planned economy built on the "Robin Hood" theme. Yes, I'm sure the government will generously redistribute the wealth it seized from taxpayers among "all Americans". Because that's what governemtns do! Right after they redistribute it to their political cronies. Great plan -- give the government more money. "Obviously, this would not be a tax, and instead would be a way of sheltering the rapidly changing gas prices." If you accept the premise that gas prices rapidly change, then you'll have to accept the possibility that oil prices will at some point rise above the "official" government price. What happens then? Instant oil shortages. Why would any supplier sell oil to the government of the US at a below market price, when they can get a better price elsewhere? You seem to forget that the US is a net oil importer. Under your socialized system of commodity distribution, that leaves only one possibility -- increase domestic production. In your case, that will mean increased drilling in the arctic and off-shore. "It would create a large pot of money that would be a rebate to all Americans." I'm guessing that "large pot of money" will be increasingly worthless like Soviet rubles, when you can't use it to buy the stuff you need, since the stuff you need is all controlled by the government, and is strictly rationed, or no longer available. "Those that drive gas guzzlers and/or driving long distances will be paying more than their fair share, but that continues to be their own decision." Right. The same way handing your wallet to a knife-weilding mugger is "your own decision". First your tax that you claim shouldn't be called a tax, and now getting mugged is your own decision. You seem to be very averse to calling things what they really are. I find it jaw-dropping that so many people actually think like that. Is it any wonder gun sales in the US skyrocketed after Obama's election? Who can blame them?
- Washing Laundry in Cold Water is the Same As...
Author: locallinda
Date: Dec 27, 2008 4:19 PMI have a top-loading washing machine and will replace it when my appliance-repair man says to. He says that the vast majority of calls he gets are for top loaders. A service call or two every year negates the savings ... maybe even in energy, since the repair person has to drive over to make the repair. better to spend the money replacing my remaining single-pane windows. Any info on the repair rates, Math Monkeys?
- Welcome to the 19th Century: Coal Comes Home Again
Author: Paul Six
Date: Dec 27, 2008 4:18 PMTodays Treehugger-Frontpage should really make the Americans think twice about their way of living and the direction they are going: One article about Americans going back to coal to save a few bucks, the other one about Germans living in Houses that virtually don't use heating (or aircondition for that matter) at all. We'll see if Obama can fix it all. I am just afraid that change really takes a generation...
- 2.6 Million Cubic Yards of Toxic Coal Ash Slurry Released in Tennessee Dike Burst
Author: matt
Date: Dec 27, 2008 3:26 PMKeep voting Republican I hope everyone understands that we all get what we deserve, right? The true legacy of the Reagan/Bush years
- Welcome to the 19th Century: Coal Comes Home Again
Author: roland
Date: Dec 27, 2008 3:25 PMStrange how people can be so against bikes and passive solar, because they are considered the old way of doing things, but then they embrace old, dirty ways of heating their homes that have been proven to cause problems.
- Welcome to the 19th Century: Coal Comes Home Again
Author: Chris Higgins
Date: Dec 27, 2008 2:34 PMThis is an interesting article and my first reaction is "oh no". Upon a little reflection I am not concerned in a big way, most of all because electric resistance heat is far worse given that 50% of electricity is produced by burning coal. In the coal to electricity scenario about 1 (or at best 3) units of energy comes out of a plug in ones house when 10 units of coal went in at the generating station. Given the poor efficacy and the age of many of the coal (or thermal) plants in North America burning coal for heat may very well result in less Co2e being released to keep a given home warm. I would prefer to see homes heated with natural gas but I know that it is not a local fuel for everyone.
- 2.6 Million Cubic Yards of Toxic Coal Ash Slurry Released in Tennessee Dike Burst
Author: janice
Date: Dec 27, 2008 2:23 PMTime to update the disaster--they now are saying 5.4 million cubic yards, which is more the double the original number. Give them some time and it may go even higher! Just another noxious side effect of burning coal. But no worry as it isn't a health hazard or environmental disaster. Just trust them, because they are the experts and would never try to cover up the truth. Absolutely nothing toxic in the ash and they woul