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Getting Ready For Winter
Nov 01 2013 08:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Here’s a checklist to help ensure, . . . that this season’s winter wonderland, . . . stays outside. 2013-11-01 Source: Winter CheckList
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What Is Energy?
Jan 04 2015 04:40 PM | eds in Green Living
Energy is essential. . . . It is embodied in everything we use. . . . To compare sources of energy effectively, . . . . . . we need to understand what it is and how it works. 01-04-2015 Source: What is Energy?
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Get Your Garden Ready For Spring
Mar 21 2016 02:55 PM | eds in Green Living
1. Assess Your Space 2. Begin the Cleanup 3. Investigate the Irrigation System 4. Think About the Plant Palette – and Get Planting 5. Inspect Your Soil 6. Get Ready to Mulch and Compost 7. Time to Fertilize 8. Maintain Your Gorgeous Garden 9. Enjoy the...
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China’S Stockmarket Crashes—Again
Jan 04 2016 11:10 PM | eds in Green Living
It is surely not the kind of start to 2016 that Chinese authorities, . . . were hoping to see from their financial markets. If the sell-off continues, it would not be surprising to see them wade in once again. As for the yuan, the central bank has si...
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Net Zero Homes, Affordable & Shippable Worl...
May 17 2012 02:20 AM | eds in Green Living
A Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) is a building that generates as much energy,
. . . as it consumes over the course of a year.
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Koch-Octopus
Mar 25 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Living
Koch brothers far reaching octopus arms.
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Exxon Boss: Climate Change Is ‘Real’
Oct 20 2016 02:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, said . . . Exxon Mobil, backs a price on carbon, and . . . believes climate change, brings “real” risks, . . . that require “serious” action. Tillerson’s comments come amidst accusations that Exxon Mobil, . . . the world...
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Nyc’S Subway Gridlock
Sep 19 2016 02:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Problem: In 2019, New York City plans to shut down the portion of the L subway line, . . . that runs under the East River and across Manhattan, and . . . moves 300,000 people on a typical weekday. It will take a full 18 months of work, . . . to repair...
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Energy Infographics
May 26 2013 02:20 AM | eds in Green Living
U.S. Department of Energy Info-graphics Source: Info-graphics
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Solar: Consuming Coal’S Market
Jul 28 2016 12:50 PM | eds in Green Living
The UK during May 2016 quarterly report placed, . . . 1.38 terrawatt-hours (TWh), of solar PV electricity production and . . . 0.89 TWh, of coal-based electricity production. That makes for a more than 50% discrepancy between the two. This rapid d...
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Energy Source Comparison
Jan 04 2015 04:15 PM | eds in Green Living
A list of the sources of energy and their Pro's and Con's 01-04-2015 Source: Energy Source Comparison
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Doe Outlines Nation’S Energy Priorities
Nov 11 2015 12:35 AM | eds in Green Living
Melanie Kenderdine, director of the Office of Energy Policy, and . . . Systems Analysis at the U.S. Department of Energy, . . . showed a chart of the sources, and uses, of the world’s various kinds of energy, . . . pointed out, that almost 1/2 of the w...
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Simply-Solar-Eco-Friendly-Ideas
Feb 11 2014 02:40 PM | eds in Green Living
"We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, . . . we borrowed it from our children" 2014-02-11 Source: More Green Ideas
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Recycled Shipping Containers
Dec 05 2016 07:05 PM | eds in Green Living
Agricool, . . . proposes urban agriculture done hydroponically, . . . out of recycled shipping containers, . . . to produce food that is: . . . . . . Local, . . . . . . Zero Transportation cost, . . . . . . Zero pesticide, . . . . . . Zero preservative...
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Children’S: Net-Zero Energy Schools
Jul 08 2016 02:40 AM | eds in Green Living
Each year K–12 schools spend more than . . . $8 billion on energy, . . . more than they spend on computers and textbooks combined. Why invest in net-zero schools? . . . . . . Improved Health . . . . . . Increased Productivity . . . . . . Innovati...
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Google Now On Tap Demonstration
Oct 29 2015 10:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Google Now on Tap Demonstration
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Follow The Money: Oil Can’T Match Solar On Cost
Mar 02 2015 03:40 AM | eds in Green Living
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi says, . . . even at $10/barrel for oil, . . . solar is still a cheaper option. The report is important, . . . because they need to add another 170GW of electricity in the next decade, and . . . the major financiers...
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Canada’S Sunniest City, Medicine Hat
Mar 22 2015 02:15 PM | eds in Green Living
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, will be the location of Canada's: . . . First, . . . Sunniest City, . . . Smallest(1-megawatt), and . . . most Northern-based, . . . Concentrated Solar Thermal plant. 03-22-2015 Source: Canada’s sunniest city, Med...
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Follow The Money: Germany’S Allianz Se
Jul 10 2016 01:20 PM | eds in Green Living
Germany’s Allianz SE, . . . one of the world’s largest financial asset managers, . . . n 2014, managed about, . . . $1.9 Trillion assets in: . . . . . . US, . . . . . . Germany, . . . . . . France, . . . . . . Italy, . . . . . . Britain, and . ....
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#artificial Intelligence
Jan 30 2017 07:55 PM | eds in Green Living
The World Health Organization, . . . has estimated that there is a global shortfall of approximately . . . 4.3 million doctors and nurses, . . . with poorer countries disproportionally impacted. In the U.S.A., these shortages are less acute; . . . ins...
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Follow The Money: Recycling Rockets
May 31 2016 09:30 PM | eds in Green Living
How much money do you save, . . . when you can Recycle a Falcon 9 Rocket. Today was the 4th successful powered mission landing for Falcon 9, . . . 3rd barge landing, and . . . 2nd following a geosynchronous transfer orbit mission. 5-31-2016 Source:...
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Pakistan’S Parliament: 100% Solar
Feb 26 2016 12:00 AM | eds in Green Living
Pakistan’s Parliament building, new $53 million solar roof, . . . is the first in the world to be powered 100% by solar energy, and . . . any unused electricity, will be feed back into the national grid. 2-25-2016 Source: Pakistan’s Parliament:...
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China’S Economy Could Grow 6X
Oct 18 2016 08:55 PM | eds in Green Living
China’s economy could grow, . . . 6-fold by 2050 with renewable energy accounting for . . . 69% of national electricity supply, . . . while lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, . . . 42% below the 2010 level by 2050. 10-18-2016 Source: China’s ec...
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#medical Tricorder
Jan 30 2017 07:10 PM | eds in Green Living
The device connects through Bluetooth connection to your . . . smartphone to be able to transfer data wirelessly. Unpacking the "Viatom Checkme Pro" Medical Tricorder - The Medical Futurist https://www.youtube....h?v=f6NjNbKgP9Y 1-30-2017 Sourc...
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#renewable-Energy Florida
May 06 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Green Living
Florida's plan, to expand the use of solar, and . . . other renewable-energy devices, (batteries?), . . . is ready to go to Gov. Rick Scott. A selling point of the constitutional amendment was, . . . that it would make renewable-energy equipment,...
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