A Boeing 747 uses a ton of fuel to simply get into the air, it is particularly inefficient on short trips like D.C. to Ohio. Therefore, Dennis Kucinich’s joy ride on AF 1 that cemented his yes vote dramatically increased his carbon footprint. Is that something he’s proud of?
USS Enterprise in a one-billionth scale! Created by Japanese scientists Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology. Via Topless Robot . The Best Links: The 47th International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest To Boldly Go Where No Microbe Has Gone Before View Image ›
Apparently the nerds over at NASA have been making movie parody posters for their missions for quite some time, and now you can download them and print them out and hang them above your bed or in your cubicle or whatever. The Best Links: See The Whole Collection At Nasa’s Website View List ›
I have a marine assignment where we need to create an animal that can survive a mangrove environment. So I was wondering if you guys and gals had any ideas about features or attributes it would need.
www.tagtvonline.com features the entire video program. Watch the final Q&A where, at a recent TAG Smart Grid meeting entitled “Jobs and Economic Growth Opportunities in Georgia,” a panel of experts discussed the impact of Smart Grid technologies, the effect on green jobs and aspects of economic growth in the state, with a focus on economic stimulus opportunities associated with the strategies and experiences of organizations in the Smart Grid ecosystem. The featured speaker, Dr. Deepak Divan, Director-Intelligent Power Infrastructure Consortium and Professor School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology was joined by a panel of executives including - Ivan Urlaub, Executive Director, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA); - Michelle Mindala-Freeman, VP Marketing and Product Management, Landis & Gyr; - Bob Ray,CEO and President, Flint Energies (Member Oglethorpe Power Corporation EMC); - Ken Van Meter, Business Development Director -Enterprise Integration Group, Lockheed Martin; - Chris Womack, President External Affairs, Southern Company. The Q&A ranged from how to cost justify the Smart Grid, the timeframe for adoption and which technologies come first, Smart Grid program challenges and opportunities in Georgia and more. The Smart Grid uses communications and computing technology to transmit and distribute energy more efficiently to reduce our carbon footprint through energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy.
I really like bright hair extensions and I want to be able to wear wigs to cosplay. I don’t want to harm the earth though. I guess I could stick to only cosplaying as characters with black hair but that would suck. Do hair dyes pollute the environment a little bit or is it a serious issue.