‘Gone Postal,’ as the Jeep is known, has 40 batteries, each weighing 40 pounds, with a peak draw of 4,000 amps at 240 volts. It is the pride of the EV racing crowd, who consider its shape ideal. People who don’t like the look of it ‘don’t understand the concept of the sleeper,’ says its creator, Roderick Wilde. ‘It’s the little-old-lady-from-Pasadena theory — you get something that doesn’t look like it goes very fast, and then it blows everyone away.’

originally posted by xowie

‘The glaciers are melting, the glaciers are melting!’ yelled artist Leo Limón of the L.A. River Cats Project good-naturedly. ‘Get a hybrid! Get some rims on it! A big stereo!’ But the dads in Dockers with well-fed children and pregnant wives could not be persuaded to contemplate torn-up wildlife habitats, toxin-choked air and children with missing limbs. They were here to revel in the glory of cars.

originally posted by xowie

Grooming an ELF: How Tre Arrow turned Jake Sherman into an “eco-terrorist” by Carlton Smith.

originally posted by xowie

I’ve been prophesying (mostly to myself, sometimes to the coffee cup) that 2003 would be the year of the garden blog. At the time, I was sure that Garden Kids and the 13 Labs Garden represented no less than two-thirds of the garden weblogs out there. Little did I know! Sheila Lennon at the Providence Journal has done the hard work I’ve been putting off of unearthing this year’s crop of garden weblogs, the seeds if you will of a gardenblog revolution. I can taste it now.

"You've got these kids running around breathing in air, exercising," he said. "The stupidity of Beverly Hills High School baffles me."

originally posted by xowie

We are literally watching the global garden grow. We now have a regular, consistent, calibrated and near-real-time measure of a major component of the global carbon cycle for the first time. This measure can also be the basis for monitoring the expansion of deserts, the effects of droughts, and any impacts climate change may have on vegetation growth, health, and seasonality.

The problem with [SUV ticketing] campaigns is that they target people who have already made a multi-year commitment to a particular vehicle. Such folks are very unlikely to change their behavior based on a slip of paper put under their windshield, or a bumpersticker stuck on their wide, bloated backsides. They have made wickedness their lifestyle choice. They are a lost cause.

The hybrid owners in your area have taken a substantial risk in choosing a young, largely unproven technology in an effort to conserve the environment and cut down on foreign dependencies. These owners deserve to be showered in your love and affection.

The least you could do is leave the hybrid owners a thank you card now and then.

"It's something that we eat, and drink and breathe every day," he said.

The Americans are again using depleted uranium (DU) munitions in Iraq, just as they did in 1991. Before the war began, they stated that they intended to use these warheads, which are manufactured from the waste of the nuclear industry — to pierce armor — and which are believed by thousands of Gulf War Syndrome sufferers, along with Iraqi doctors, to be responsible for a plague of cancers. Yesterday, the BBC told us that the US Marines had called up A-10 strike aircraft to deal with ‘pockets of resistance ‘ — a bit more military-speak from the BBC — but failed to mention that the A-10 uses DU rounds. So for the first time since 1991, we — the West — are today spraying these uranium aerosols in battlefield explosions in southern Iraq; and we’re not being told. Why not?

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The most striking part of the structure is a tilted wall of windows -- to be installed later this month -- measuring roughly four metres by 10 and facing south. Below the windows will be a wide planter that serves as an indoor garden. It will be irrigated from water from the laundry room. The kitchen and living area, in particular, will be like a liveable greenhouse. "It's supposed to be like a ship, designed to supply your every need, including food," said Lefebvre.

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“Spread the good word about Bagelhole.org’s collection of folklore, alternative energy methods, and low-tech sustainability articles.” Thanks to dangerousmeta.

The Club has chosen to invoke its internal policing power mainly against members who have pushed for the Club to adopt more robust environmental policies: ending livestock grazing, mining and logging on public lands; backing Ralph Nader and the Green Party; or opposing the sell-out of Yosemite National Park to a corrupt firm linked to Bruce Babbitt.

originally posted by daiichi

You gain a keen awareness of where your power is coming from, of the climate, of living close to nature. You conserve much more when you see the meter on the batteries go down. You tend to turn off the lights.

One acre of cannabis hemp produces as much paper as 4.1 acres of cut-down trees.

originally posted by xowie