Waste Management, will spend $15 million for 300 trucks to run on landfill gas (a lot to spend on a big pile of ....) A system designed and installed by German engineering company Linde will purify the gas and chill it to 260 degrees below zero, cold enough for the gas to turn into a liquid. Waste Management will use the liquefied natural gas in its own, specially outfitted trucks. The company also may try to sell it. Landfill gas by itself won't replace oil, he said. "It's going to be more on the niche side," Eckhardt said. "It's not going to be the fuel for the majority of our vehicles. But we think the world will turn into a multifuel world." Not all environmentalists agree that landfill LNG qualifies as green. The rotting food and other organic matter
Abercrombie & Fitch continue to stretch the limits of their rights verses the rights of communities to maintain some level of decency for their citizens. The latest flap is over posters confiscated by police because they violated the city's laws. You can read more about it here ,2933,328227,00.html.The posters show one young man with his pants half way down his buttocks and a woman with most of her breast showing. Abercrombie defends their right to display the posters, but what are really saying? They are saying that they have the right to pollute our society with their filth. Young children see these images and others in the public space and at home and are affected by it. That is why we have children performing sex in elementary schools. The only people who can't smell the sewage treatme
Via The Register:
Ships pump out twice as much carbon dioxide as planes, according to new figures from the maritime industry body Intertanko.
Previous studies from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have shown that ships emitted levels of CO2 similar to those from the aviation industry. But Intertanko says emissions have risen steeply over the last six years as ships are sailed faster to meet the demands of the planet’s growing economy.
Although mile for mile, shipping is still much more efficient than driving or flying goods from place to place, it is the sheer volume of the traffic criss-crossing the seas that is the problem. Some 90,000 vessels cut regular channels through the oceans, burning low-grade “bunker fuel” that churns out choking fumes that contribute to air pollution over land.
Transportation options for environmentally conscious, globe trotting travelers are shrinking every day. Pretty soon, the carbon offsets required to counterbalance ever
From the Guardian Unlimited comes word that British bookstore customers will not be spared exposure to O.J. Simpson's demented mind after all. Gibson Square Books, having reached a publishing deal with the Goldman family, has decided to take some of the blood money for itself and will scatter copies of this garbage throughout the U.K.UK rights have been sold to Gibson Square Books, an
The opening paragraph by Leonard Dolye of an article appearing in The Independent expresses European cynicism of George Bush’s attitude toward greenhouse emissions. “For the first time in 16 years a major environment conference opens in Washington hosted by the Bush administration. But no concrete results are expected, and that-say European participants- is the point of this high-level meeting.” Britain is not sending any high level diplomat to waste his/her time at a meeting called by the world’s worst polluter to undermine UN efforts at protecting the environment. It is politics as usual for Bush who is against the Kyoto agreement, against controls over emissions, and standing fast in protection of a status quo which urges polluters to continue their efforts to increase pollution.
This meeting is undoubtedly a Bush attempt to prove to the world he is “for the environment.” The president is a master at using words of the opposition to prove he is fo
We've all been told to drive defensively and watch out for the "other guy" on the road, but what exactly should we be doing? What should we be watching out for? Here are some good driving tips to help you better understand defensive driving and how to avoid having an accident. What If? While driving on the highway, or in the city, always be aware of your surroundings. Scan the road ahead of you and check your rear-view mirror behind you. Look for possible road hazards. A good way to do this is to play a game of "what if". What if the driver in front of me slams on their brakes? What if the driver on my right runs this stop sign? What if this guy doesn't look and backs out of his parking spot while I'm going down the aisle? By thinking ahead and anticipating what the other guy might do, you can be better prepared in these situations. Keep your own vehicle well maintained. Defensive driving really begins at home. Be sure you keep your own vehicle maintained by having it se
Give a hoot, don't polluteNever be a dirty birdIn the city or in the woodsHelp keep America looking good!If you are a child of the 70's, you'll remember this little jingle from our friend Woodsy the Owl. Looking at it now, it seems a bit weird... I mean, who approved of the "dirty bird" phrase in the song? That's just odd, even for an owl.Anyway, I was watching TV over the weekend, and the subject of a news story was, "What irks you?"My answer is LITTER.I've driven down rural roads in my town, observing other people's mess, and have to admit I am disgusted at the total lack of decency some people have. Everything you can think of was tossed along these roads. Tires, fast food containers, bottles, diapers, bags, I even saw someone dumped an old weight bench on the side of the road. What are people thinking??Each day I drive out of my nice neighborhood, I see a perfect example... Someone unknown (who I assumes lives here) has a penchant for emptying their cigarette ashes and butt
