What are the 7 types of recyclable plastic? Most plastics can be recycled today. During the manufacturing process, a number from 1 to 7, will be stamped on the bottom on each plastic article, inside a triangular recycle symbol. Your municipality will identify the numbers for the plastic items that they will accept inside your [...]
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Mars could grow asparagus? How long will planet Earth continue to support life? Phoenix Returns Treasure Trove for Science 06.26.08. — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander performed it’s first wet chemistry experiment on Martian soil flawlessly yesterday, returning a wealth of data that for Phoenix scientists was like winning the lottery. WASHINGTON (AFP) – Martian dirt [...]
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Carbon Tax -It’s About Time! In Canada, introducing a tax on carbon has finally been suggested by the opposition party. Unfortunately, all the press is concerned with, is the “cost” of this revenue neutral proposal for very specific, high carbon producing items such as electricity. Very little ink has been used to talk about the [...]
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Propane Conversion Kits for Vehicles – should we go there? Like the 1970′s when the price of oil peaked, people once more are looking to install propane conversion kits on their vehicles. Should we go there? On the plus side, propane burns cleaner, producing fewer greenhouse gases and providing improved mileage over gasoline. It’s also [...]
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Small DIY Wind Turbines Taking Flight As the price of fuel and electricity increases, so does the interest in do it yourself (diy) wind turbines. These small, household or cottage sized wind turbines will generate enough power to charge a set of batteries. Later, you can convert this power into standard household current for your use. [...]
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Hydrogen Car – Honda FXC Clarity – in Production Honda announced this week that their upgraded hydrogen powered FXC, the FXC Clarity, will go into production. They will lease this model – no sales, to about 200 people over the next 3 years. While the waste product from driving a hydrogen car is water, the [...]
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Water Power Japanese Car Demo’d TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – Tired of petrol prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered, and environmentally friendly, car that it says runs solely on water. Genepax unveiled the car in the western city of Osaka on Thursday, saying that a liter (2.1 pints) of [...]
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Father’s Day Gift Idea There are lots of eco-friendly Father’s Day give suggestions available on the internet – a new bike (great gas mileage), recycled everything, etc. Some of these suggestions have merit if you dad “needs” that item. My dad tends to go out and buy whatever he really needs. So what do you [...]
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