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Re: Lamborghini Announces Plans For A Hybrid; No Really, I’m Not Kidding.

theauthor — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:12:33 -0000

Approved

Re: World's First "Carbon Negative" Car Concept at Expo 2010 in Shanghai

theauthor — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:03:36 -0000

AMEN!

Re: IKEA “Suspends” Battery Recycling Program. Stockpiling Resumes

theauthor — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:32:48 -0000

Batteries should never be landfilled , alkaline or otherwise. While more and more do not contain mercury, they do contain plenty of other heavy metals and toxic materials such as cadmium which are just as bad, if not worse, than mercury.

Go here to Earth 911 http://earth911.com/ It's a good resource for finding recycling centers in your area based on what you're looking to recycle.

To my knowledge IKEA does except incandescent bulbs

Re: Vertical Wind Turbine Street Lights Get Taken For Another Whirl

theauthor — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:22:29 -0000

I believe that is correct.

Re: The Top 5 Reasons Why Getting Rid Of Your Lawn Is One Of The ‘Greenest’ Things You Can Do.

theauthor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:57:31 -0000

Boo lawns

Re: BMW’s Vision Diesel Hybrid Concept Emphasizes Fantasy Instead Of Efficiency

theauthor — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:36:28 -0000

It's a concept...no pricing.

Re: BioPower’s BioWAVE Emulates Ocean Life To Produce Clean Energy

theauthor — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:23:48 -0000

I'm not sure...I'll try and find out.

Re: BMW Mini E Test Trial Reveals Infrastructure And Regulatory Hinderances

theauthor — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:22:08 -0000

...of course it isn't. Thanks for catching that.

Re: Porsche Introduces The 918 Spyder Plug-In. Stunning, Sexy, And 78 MPG!?

theauthor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:08:04 -0000

Yeah...it's a sexy beast

Re: H&M Caught in "Organic" Cotton Fraud

theauthor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:17:56 -0000

Pay extra to avoid organic cause of the chemicals they use?! I think you're confused. Traditional cotton farming uses the carcinogenic chemicals.

Re: Creative Use Of Unconventional Building Materials

theauthor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:14:29 -0000

Yeah me too...although waterproofing silos suitable for habitation is a nightmare.

Re: H&M Caught in "Organic" Cotton Fraud

theauthor — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:32:42 -0000

Once again...people miss the point of why it is important to support/consume organic products. Yes, GMO cotton is technically not organic, but completely dismissing H&M's organic cotton line altogether for that reason alone is not only a knee-jerk reaction, but it shows a lack of understanding and education about why buying and wearing organic cotton is important.

The reasons to buy and support organic products varies from product to product. In the case of cotton, buying organic cotton supports better farming practices which promote much better environmental conditions including protecting the watershed, preventing erosion, protecting the farmers and the communities surrounding the farms, and protecting your own health.

Traditional cotton farming employs the use of some of the nastiest toxic chemicals out there. All told there are over 20 known carcinogens in cotton pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers. These all end up in the soil, water, air and of course the cotton fiber i.e. your bloodstream from wearing it. And guess what else; those carcinogens end up in the food supply too in the form of cottonseed and cottonseed oil. Just look on the back of your favorite snack chips or nuts next time and you'll see cottonseed oil as an ingredient to add crispiness to the chip.

The problem with adding cottonseed to anything consumed is the fact that cotton is not raised as a food crop; therefore, it is not regulated as such by the FDA and EPA. This means chemicals can be sprayed on cotton that are outright banned on food crops; yet it still ends up in our food stream in the form of an additive substance and in feed for livestock.

These are the real and significant reasons you should support organic cotton. GMO's suck and definitely are already in way too many fields and products as it is; but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater on the H&M issue.

Yet another reason why you take posts on Treehugger, authored by people who know next to nothing about what they're writing about. with a grain of salt.

Re: BioPower’s BioWAVE Emulates Ocean Life To Produce Clean Energy

theauthor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:57:11 -0000

LOL! You're right. I need to turn off autocorrect spelling...it sometimes makes the wrong assumption when I misspell something. Thanks for catching that.

Re: Lowe’s Stores In California Begin Sale Of DIY Solar Panels

theauthor — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:42:11 -0000

...which is why I own a sustainability consulting company, run a sustainability blog, and bothered to do a post about the story in the first place? Uh...nice work detective

Re: Contortionist Folding Bike Is Off The Chain (Literally)

theauthor — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:05:11 -0000

Yeah, I did notice that in the video. I think it was only in the concept phase at that point. I'm unsure of where the bike is at in development currently.

Re: 2010 Eco-Fashion Forecast

theauthor — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:40:55 -0000

Yeah...nothing says green like formaldehyde-laden OSB for a backdrop and runway. Next.

Re: 10 Shipping Container Projects of 2009

theauthor — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:51:38 -0000

Great list, but you forgot to include PLATOON KUNSTHALLE which is one of the better/most well-suited container projects.

http://www.sincerelysustain...

Re: Waste Management/DuPont Tyvek Recycling Kit.

theauthor — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:59:58 -0000

Yes it does. That exact point is the main thrust of the post.

Re: New ArmorLite CFL Bulb ‘Safety Skin’ Keeps Mercury Inside

theauthor — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:44:48 -0000

Guess we should stick with tried and true 125+ year old technology
then where 5% of the energy consumed to produce light is still
acceptable in a world running of energy options. I'm not proclaiming
this or any other CFL to be the end all solution, but just because it
has it's flaws doesn't mean you stick with something that hasn't
really changed in over a century.

The point of the post was to address people's concerns regarding
mercury exposure. Everything in the post is taken directly from or
paraphrased from the manufacturers website. If you're concerned about
mercury in the environment, then you should be more worried about an
incandescent bulb than a CFL as the amount of mercury (arsenic, CO2,
cadmium, etc.) that will be released into the atmosphere as result of
coal-plant emissions needed to power the bulb far exceeds the
miniscule amount of mercury that will end up in a landfill where it
certainly will not be the most toxic thing in it.

CFL's are flawed, yes, but I think it's a lesser of two evils.

Re: New Study Reports 51% Of Global CO2 Emissions Attributed To Livestock

theauthor — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:09:04 -0000

Livestock emissions are a uniquely human created problem seeing as our
demand for meat drives the industrial farms responsible for much of
the emissions. Animals in general are not the issue, it's the ones we
raise for consumption and supporting industry.

Re: India’s Pledge Of 20GW Of Solar Power Exemplifies A Government That Takes Climate Change Seriously

theauthor — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:28:04 -0000

...neither will the U.S.

Re: Just What We Needed Dept: Plastic Disposable Wishbones

theauthor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:33:09 -0000

Land of the free...home of the unnecessary crap.

Re: The End of the Road for Modern Prefab? This Just Might Be The Beginning!

theauthor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:31:29 -0000

Prefab is never going to catch on in its current state for two main reasons: it's almost always more expensive than the same structure being stick built and it's prefabrication of and in itself has little to do with it's sustainability and energy-efficiency.

People aren't going to jump on board to buy a 2,000sqft house at $200-250 per/sqft when they could build the same house for half with more energy efficiency. Trust me, I've been down both roads. Prefab is a waste of money.

Re: New ArmorLite CFL Bulb ‘Safety Skin’ Keeps Mercury Inside

theauthor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:59:43 -0000

I have to say I've never seen a product like this sold at any major
retailers.

Re: New ArmorLite CFL Bulb ‘Safety Skin’ Keeps Mercury Inside

theauthor — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:24 -0000

Most consumers are not as versed in this area of the marketplace as you may be. I think ClearLite is trying to address and alleviate some of the fears people have regarding the possibility of mercury contamination from broken CFLs. I would say that it's less hype and more targeted marketing.