Tag Archives: Green

Beijing Pollution

December 5, 2007 – 11:03 am

Here’s a picture of pollution in Beijing, around the future Olympic stadium (a fine looking building, by the way). I don’t suppose this is typical, but even a fraction of that suggests that athletics records will be limited to sprint events.

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I Like Big Butts

October 15, 2007 – 8:46 am

There are so many minor things that you can do to help the environment and yourself, from turning the thermostat down a degree to switching your lightbulbs to CFLs. Something we’ve done recently is install a water butt, which is a great example of something that is a good thing to do purely for yourself, [...]

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Temperature Mapping

May 23, 2007 – 8:18 am

This map is a single data point in the argument over climate change, and is interesting enough in that regard. I highlight it here, though, mainly because it’s just a very interesting map.

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Solar Energy

May 7, 2007 – 9:45 am

Here’s an interesting map showing the amount of land required to provide all the world’s energy needs from solar power. Two things stand out from the map: First, it’s a heck of a lot of land, and second, it’s not really much land at all. The palindromic total of 910,019 square kilometers (351,360 square miles) [...]

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Buffy

December 12, 2006 – 11:36 am

According to this Treehugger article a church in Levenshulme, England, is using old baptismal water to wash cars as an alternative to throwing it away. This has the handy side-effect of rendering your car immune to vampire attack.

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