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CARB seeks to ban black as a car paint color
Really, you couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. The California Air Resources Board has authored an impressively detailed study that shows how cars with black and dark paint colors absorb more heat and therefore have to use more air conditioning and therefore contribute more to pollution and global warming. The next step, naturally, […]
January 11, 2010
Safety
Earth hour candle sets townhouse ablaze
Last weekend, in case you missed it, concerned citizens of the earth were encouraged to turn off all their lights and appliances for one hour to show support for environment. Nothing wrong with a little candle light except when it almost burns down your home. Electricity has its benefits, safety being one.
January 11, 2010
Equipment
City or suburb: which has the biggest carbon footprint?
Surprisingly, this study shows urban apartments use more energy–up to 70 percent more–than comparable residences in the suburbs. This swats down the arguement favored by environmentalistfashionistas who want to round us all up and squeeze us into trendy, loft apartments. And this study doesn’t take into account all that carbon dioxide being sequestered by suburban lawns, shrubs and […]
January 11, 2010
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CFLs burn twice the electricity as previously thought
Compact fluorescent light bulbs were supposed to significantly cut our energy use. Now it turns out, they’re consuming twice as much electricity as claimed due to their poor “power factor.”
January 11, 2010
Business
EPA declares carbon dioxide a danger
We knew this was coming. Now the only debate is whether the EPA will get authority to write the regulations governing the amount of carbon dioxide any business, equipment or vehicle can emit, or whether congress will write it’s own cap-and-trade style regulations. Congress has authority to take the lead. Either way you can bet […]
January 11, 2010
Technology
Green jobs–mostly a sham
If it were Rush Limbaugh saying this, that would be one thing. But this is a distinguished group of researchers from the University of Illinois College of Law. You have to subscribe to the journal or buy a hard copy of the full report, but the abstract is pretty damming  just by itself. Highlights:
January 10, 2010
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Construction: greener, cleaner than you imagined
For having such a dirty reputation, the construction industry is a lot greener than many thought–accounting for less than one-percent of greenhouse gasses. That’s the word from the Associated General Contractors of America in their analysis of EPA data. Other highlights in the report include the fact that the construction industry recycles 97.5 percent of […]
January 10, 2010
Business
Killing coal, tilting at windmills
Despite ever increasing electricity demands, there’s a huge slowdown in the construction of coal fired power plants–nine just this year, enough to provide electricity to 5-million homes. With Bush out of office and Obama in, environmentalists are winning this battle, but who is losing? Even though the science on global warming is far from certain, […]
January 10, 2010
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This muddy water don’t taste like wine
erosion control, Muddy Water Watch, Yadkin RiverKeeper, North Carolina
January 10, 2010
Equipment
Doubts cast on EPA’s role in regulating carbon dioxide
The EPA’s big power grab, setting itself up to regulate carbon dioxide as a threat to human health, may be in trouble. According to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget, the premise that CO2 is a toxic substance rests on “dubious assumptions and could have negative economic effects.” When pressed for an […]
January 10, 2010
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