Green PC
Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentalism, Technology | 1 Comment
Lenovo’s ThinkCentre A61e combines full-size PC performance with earth-friendly features. Powered by AMD processors, the smallest, quietest ThinkCentre comes fully loaded. Only the world’s best engineers could fit this much performance in such a small package.
The smallest, most energy-efficient ThinkCentre includes:
• AMD Athlon or Sempron processors
• ThinkVantage® Rescue and [...]
First Zero Carbon City
Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentalism | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
When you live in the desert, why not take advantage of all that sun!
That is precisely what Abu Dhabi plans to do with a new city, the Masdar project.
Solar roofs, light railway, and automated transport pods will be some of the features.
But zero?
Seems hard to do.
Even baking bread emits some gasses!
Automated transport pods sound [...]
Glacier Melting
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentalism | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
As I look at your weather as it reads on our blog and I look at my own, the temperatures make it seem as if I am LIVING on a glacier! Brrrrrr!
I read however, that Antarctic volcanoes identified as a possible culprit in glacier melting.
Tonight as the popular 60 Minutes was pulled from the [...]
Global Warming?
Posted on January 12, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentalism, Humor | 1 Comment
Oz
Read recently in an email regarding what they considered to be the Global Warming Scam.
Whether you agree or not, this point made was interesting:
“Hurricanes are not getting worse – our tendency to build houses in their path is getting greater.”
Boz
Read More..>>Snow Likely
Posted on December 4, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism | Leave a Comment
I can’t get over the sense of humor of the Drudge Report.
Top on their headlines at noon today was:
Senate’s ‘historic vote on global warming’ set for Wednesday…
Snow likely…
I wasn’t even going to read the article, but then I thought, I might as well see what it is about.
It took me to a [...]
No Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Fire in San Francisco?
Posted on November 23, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News | Leave a Comment
Oz, surely you know the Christmas Song suggested in the title?
Apparently, San Francisco is considering banning fireplaces.
To me, that sounds a little extreme.
To ban our most primitive form of light and warmth while industry continues on, merrily polluting away (but offset by carbon credits) is plain wrong.
My guess is, the gas & electric [...]
global warming cooling $$$$$
Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News, Technology | 1 Comment
i recently recived the Australian Governments booklet on being “climate clever”
yes the same Australian Government that has denied climate change since the begining
and only recently changed its tack
could it be the up coming election?
they are trying to win the environmental vote?
i took a look at the “climate clever”website
http://cc.greenhouse.gov.au/index.html
it does have a lot of ideas [...]
Tie me kangaroo down [but not for] sport
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism | 1 Comment
Hi Oz
I just read that Greenpeace wants you all over there to eat up more kangaroos!
MORE kangaroos should be slaughtered and eaten to help save the world from global warming, environmental activists say.
The controversial call to cut down on beef and serve more of the national symbol on our dinner plates follows a report on [...]
The “Green Carpet” of Hollywood
Posted on October 1, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
I read an article today that has me thinking that Hollywood really needs to get its house in order before they make movies preaching to us, perhaps then, and only then we can sit up and take notice. Notice of righteous reasoning behind what they are saying, instead of all this carbon footprint purchasing [...]
“Survival” Costs Dearly
Posted on September 20, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News | 1 Comment
Hi Oz!
Today I read that our former Vice-President Al Gore is paying Australia a visit, passionately attacking President Bush and Australia’s Prime Minister, John Howard, calling them “the Bonnie and Clyde” outlaws of the global environment.
Or course to hear it, one has to pay $1,000 each. Also, for a private ‘meet and greet’ costs $25,000.
The [...]
Spring is sprung
Posted on September 11, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, General, Personal | 1 Comment
well sort of
its still raining
but the Kings Park wildflower festival has started, in fact it started the first weekend in September
we do spring from the first of September
so i trundled along, with my dad, Iris and my sister and tried to make a nice day of it
the weather wasnt brilliant for flower photography, [...]
Beijing Pollution
Posted on August 2, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
It seems that our Olympic team is worried about pollution in Beijing, apparently it’s a real problem.
The Chinese government seems to be working on it though.
“Spokeswoman Wang Hui said, “In 1998 the number of days with blue skies in Beijing was 100. Last year it was 241, so, progress is being made.”
Beijing plans [...]
Trillion-Dollar Decision
Posted on July 25, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News | 1 Comment
Hi Oz
I read in The Australian today an article dated last month that for Australia, carbon trade would be huge.
“AUSTRALIAN financiers stand to benefit handsomely once a carbon emissions market is introduced, says Ziggy Switkowski, head of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.
Dr Switkowski told The Australian that both the nuclear [...]
Dust Plumes from China to North America
Posted on July 22, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism | 2 Comments
Hi Oz!
Seems everything these days, we can just blame China.
But since we’ve been warned, I just better give the news straight out.
From the Wall Street Journal:
“An outpouring of dust layered with man-made sulfates, smog, industrial fumes, carbon grit and nitrates is crossing the Pacific Ocean on prevailing winds from booming Asian economies [...]
Read More..>>i will see your new orchid
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News, Personal | 1 Comment
and raise you a …
new orchid
Hi Boz
after reading about that new orchid you posted
i by chance came across this article
i was reading about how slow T rexes really ran
it is about a local hammer orchid that deceives a male wasp into having sex with it
by pretending to be a female wasp
i really do find orchids [...]
Big Belly
Posted on July 18, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News, Technology | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz
This was an interesting find on ZDnet: Big belly is a solar-powered trash compactor, recently installed in Chicago Park District, to keep the beaches clean and safe. It kinda looks like a normal trash bin, but this one holds 4-6 times as much.
“According to the Chicago Park District, the BigBelly compactors, built by the [...]
Sweaty Feet Orchid
Posted on July 18, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News | 1 Comment
~Oz
I know how much you like your native orchids, I thought I would share a fairly new one found at Yosemite, by Botonist Alison Colwell.
“The new orchid species that flourishes only in the wet meadows of a beloved portion of Yosemite National Park. Botanist Alison Colwell said the species’ tiny, tennis-ball yellow flowers [...]
Gore - Greenie or Doofus.
Posted on July 17, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News | 1 Comment
Oz
I know you have a heart for endangered species. Who doesn’t? So I hope you excuse my sarcasm and bite here.
I just cannot believe that Gore just completely preaches basically just to hear himself talk, as what he says rarely matches what he does.
Can you believe it, he recently hosted his own daughter’s wedding. On [...]
Hurricanes a la Mediterraneo
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism | 1 Comment
Hi Oz
An article in Reuters says that global warming may trigger hurricanes over the Mediterranean Sea.
There was a line in the article that interested me:
“Most models in our study show increasing storm intensity and if you combine this with rising sea levels, as are projected, this could be damaging for many coastal settlements.”
Even [...]
its raining again
Posted on July 7, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, General, Humor, News, Personal | 1 Comment
g’day Boz
this is the second Sunday in a row its rained
i dont know who organised the weather this year but they sure mucked up the weekends
its only supposed to rain when i am at work or asleep
anyway i took advantage of it to do some stuff on my site and to write this post [...]
John and Barb have been having cultural exchanges over tea for nearly 10 years. Now they're going public. :)
