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MSN Getting Involved with Live Earth
17 May 07 04:40 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

MSN has just unveiled their new site, liveearth.msn.com to promote a partnership of awareness with the Live Earth movement. The site is choc full o green goodness including green driving tips, videos, downloads, and even a new song by Madonna that's...

Filed under: hypermiling, global warming, environment, climate change

Kilowatts per rush hour?
10 May 07 11:50 AM | JoeFuture | with no comments

Here's a very creative idea to harness the wind from cars rushing down the interstate and convert it into electricity. These turbines supposedly generate 9600 kWh per year: It proves the concept that excess energy is everywhere! We just need to open...

Filed under: environment

Help The Goracle Spread The Word To Congress
26 March 07 04:20 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

Al Gore testified before congress last week about the dangers of Global Warming and our options for dealing with the issue. While I'm sure every congressperson paid close attention and heard the message loud and clear, they really perk up when their...

Filed under: global warming, environment, climate change

Help Change One Billion Bulbs!
09 February 07 11:41 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

Brian Huyser has a mission - help the world change 1 billion standard lightbulbs to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). Huyser started OneBillionBulbs.com after watching a documentary on global warming. The site helps track progress towards that goal across...

Filed under: global warming, environment, climate change, CFLs

What's Your Ecological Footprint?
09 February 07 12:57 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

Take this short 14 question quiz to get a rough idea of your personal impact on the environment. Clearly I have a LONG way to go to improve my footprint. The quiz told me if everyone lived like me, we'd need 5.4 Earths to support ourselves! Here are some...

Filed under: global warming, environment

It's Official - The World Is Getting Warmer and We Caused It (Probably)
02 February 07 09:17 AM | JoeFuture | with no comments

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued their 5-year report this week and basically placed blame for global warming and rising sea levels squarely on the shoulders of mankind. It might be too late to fix or even slow down the problem according...

Filed under: global warming, environment

Are we running out of lithium?
30 January 07 11:09 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

Forget oil... Here's an interesting post from Autobloggreen about the scarcity of lithium vs. the demand for high power rechargeable batteries for electric and hybrid cars. Is Bolivia the next Iraq?

Filed under: environment

Datacenters Can Go Green
29 January 07 10:27 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

According to this article , the typical household PC+Monitor consumes 588 kwH/year, or roughly the equivalent of 12000 microwave meals/year. Now consider the impact that high load datacenters must have on the environment! A new software package developed...

Filed under: global warming, environment

The Most Important Website on the Planet
29 January 07 07:52 PM | JoeFuture | 1 comment(s)

WorldChanging.org is based on the concept that all the pieces we need to save the planet are already here. We just need to connect each other to them and bring the ideas together to a solution. Noted science fiction author Bruce Sterling called it "The...

Filed under: gadgets, global warming, environment

14 Mercury Hotspots Found in the Northeastern US
28 January 07 09:53 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

According to a recent NPR report, as many as 14 "mercury hotspots", where mercury levels are considered to be unsafe, have been discovered in the northeastern United States. The mercury comes from a combination of sources, the largest being...

Filed under: environment