Category: Climate Change
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Bring on the Electric Car, Now
If you are not familiar with TED you should remedy that immediately. TED stands for technology, entertainment and design. It began in 1984 as an annual conference to bring the brightest minds from these three arenas together. It has mushroomed from there. The site is filled with videos of talks…
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Hybrid War Heating Up
Toyota won the first hybrid car battle with the Prius, having beaten out Honda’s Insight at the turn of this century. But Honda’s back for their next at bat, and strangely enough it’s called the Insight again. Quite frankly I completely forgot about the Insight, so Honda’s probably thinking that…
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The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Lots of controversy over China hosting the games. Political, environmental and human rights are at the forefront of the discussion. As a Westerner it requires more effort to understand the Chinese culture vs. European for example. But the games are the games and the athletes have trained just as hard…
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Agricultural, Industrial, Technological… Eco-Age?
This really is an exciting time to be alive. There are some crucial moments in the offing. Arguably the most significant presidential election to be held since the birth of the first baby boomer. A realization that our climate is changing and we may be the cause. Growing, insatiable demand…
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Calculating Your Carbon Footprint
More and more people are becoming aware of climate change and the potential problems it is causing for life on our planet. As with most complex issues, there is usually no obvious silver bullet solution. And even though it’s not a problem that governments can solve on their own, they…
