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05
Jul
2009
Darn  

3 hours ago by Tenon_Saw

My printer has just stopped working; it was OK yesterday. Having looked at Epson's website I find the problem is simply the sponges inside which soak up excess ink are full and need replacing. Do I want to pay to have them replaced when a new printer/scanner (which I do now need) is around £50? Well ...

It's all a bit poor! - consolemutterings.blogspot.com · Rank: 145,271 · 1 reference

04
Jul
2009
Privatize the seas? – feedback  

1 day ago by Parker

Contrarian reader LH who fished halibut in Alaska for eight years, the very place where Greg Easterbrook said Individual Transferable Quotas have created a sustainable fishery producing top quality fish. He writes: Quotes, yes, definitely; Transferable, absolutely NO! Clearwater or some other fishin ...

contrarian - contrarian.ca · Rank: 15,481 · 10 references

Just Focus on Saving Energy  

1 day ago by Gordie Dickinson

Earlier this week, Yahoo announced that... ...it will no longer purchase carbon offsets for its operations, focusing its climate strategy on reducing the energy used by its data centers. Rather than simply giving money away, Yahoo has decided to reduce its emissions by saving energy, which will save ...

RoguePundit - roguepundit.typepad.com/roguepundit · Rank: 71,202 · 39 references

03
Jul
2009
Estrogen in Our Drinking Water!  

1 day ago by Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese

Zany “right-wing conservative” Stephen Colbert supports big-business pharmaceutical companies, but he freaked when New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, told him “lady pee” laced with unfiltered estrogen from birth control pills is turning up in our drinking water. Stephen Colbert is very ente ...

OrganicAuthority.com - ... - organicauthority.com/blog · Rank: 113,957 · 26 references

Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air  

1 day ago by Milan

David MacKay’s Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air is a remarkably engaging book; it has certainly kicked off and contributed to some very energetic discussions here. The book, which was written by a physics professor at Cambridge and is available for free online, is essentially a detailed nume ...

a sibilant intake of breath - sindark.com · Rank: 27,284 · 50 references

Awareness of world’s water woes must continue  

1 day ago by Chuck Kuepfer

I’m still staggering from the profound impact of Flow, a documentary about the horrendous state of our world’s water situation. The disturbing piece of film was featured at an event put on by Gr. 8 students of Wellesley Public School, who are concerned about learning about global issues and think yo ...

Crash landings and take offs - chuckkuepfer.wordpress.com

Good news! Climate change isn’t your fault!  

1 day ago by Patrick T. Lafferty

The Great Global Warming Swindle This is a very interesting look at the “global warming” phenomena from BBC’s Channel 4. It showcases the argument that the changing climate of the Earth has almost nothing to do with mankind, an argument that you rarely hear discussed in any sort of detail in mainstr ...

Fortuna Faveat - fortunafaveat.com · 1 reference

The Amazing (And Somewhat Scary) Story Of Stuff.  

1 day ago by Catherine

Watch this short video - and it will jolt you into reality! Where do you think all your stuff comes from? What happens when you get that new phone? How can we get our stuff so cheap? What is the real cost of our spending? All these are answered in this lively, well animated and well written short vi ...

Eco Friendly House And Garden - ecofriendlyhouseandgarden.com · 7 references

Are windmills too noisy?  

2 days ago by Parker

Crest Halifax has a thoughtful discussion about the problem of low frequency noise from windmills, and the illness some say it causes. Of course it is possible that those reporting the symptoms of Wind Turbine Syndrome are more sensitive to sound and vibration than most people, or even than detectio ...

contrarian - contrarian.ca · Rank: 15,481 · 10 references

Privatize the Seas?  

2 days ago by Parker

Greg Easterbrook thinks Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) hold the key to saving vanishing fish stocks. He makes the case in the current Atlantic, part of an article called 15 Ways to Fix the World. After describing a delicious halibut dinner in Girdwood, Alaska, he writes: Good restaurant? Yes, ...

contrarian - contrarian.ca · Rank: 15,481 · 10 references

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