Green Manifesto: May 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Scary as all get out

http://articles.citypages.com/2008-05-21/news/moles-wanted/

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

This article strikes fear into my heart (that is afflicted with the chronic condition WPW (which surgery can fix) and in danger of being exploded should a cop every try to non-lethally subdue me with a massive charge).

Thursday, May 15, 2008

CFLs - Better than I thought

From a cool site about Green Technology and living some facts about CFLs

A CFL contains about 5mg of mercury (and several manufacturers are working to lower that). In comparison, a watch battery contains around 25mg, the average mercury thermometer contains about 500 mg, and older mercury thermostats can contain 6-18 grams of mercury.
Regardless of the amount of mercury, CFLs, like other mercury-containing devices, can be disposed of safely.
The electricity produced to power an incandescent bulb from a coal-fired power plant will create 13.3 mg of mercury emissions (which is much more likely to end up in water, Mr. Tinsley).
Finally, there's never been a $2000 cleanup required for a CFL breaking… ENERGY STAR has clear guidelines for cleaning up a broken CFL. There's probably more danger of mercury poisoning from a tuna sandwich than from a broken CFL.

Personal Flight Realized

I'll just link to TechEBlog's site because they have already done a good job blogging about this man who strapped a wing with rockets to his back and flew. God Speed Fusion Man!