Nordic Poles Boost Artery-Disease Patients’ Walking – WSJ: Lots of studies show that simply getting up and about several times a week can be really, really good for you. This is pretty cool. The use of Nordic poles significantly helped patents go longer… Okay, that’s pretty obvious… BUT it also worked the body 23% harder than normal walking. The prob with walking (and running) is that you don’t really work the upper body, so it…
All, World water day slipped by without a splash! http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/ Check the blog here on the topic: World Water Day 2014 blog post. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy and plastics. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy and paper. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water and energy and trash. Most people don’t realize the Nexus of water…
Here’s and interesting little video — sales pitch really — related to growing your own food. Of course you need to buy the book to really get started. I really don’t like the high-level hyperbole, but the underlying concepts are probably okay. Crisis Education, however, implies how dooms-day and shrill it sounds. I like the idea of concentrated farming, urban farming, and in-side (making your house greener) grow. Kinda makes you wander if they aren’t…
The Energy Roadmap – The Edison of our Age: Stan Ovshinsky and the Future of Energy [Video Interview Part 1]: Ovshinsky is compared to Edison as a prolific inventor… He hold patents on NiMH batteries. His solar cells power the MIR space station. Good question on Cobasys and the restrictions on next-gen batteries by the patents held within the company.!:-) The batteries that have become so critical in the next generation of batteries, electric cars,…
The Energy Roadmap – The Edison of our Age: Stan Ovshinsky and the Future of Energy [Video Interview Part 1]: Ovshinsky is compared to Edison as a prolific inventor… He hold patents on NiMH batteries. His solar cells power the MIR space station. Good question on Cobasys and the restrictions on next-gen batteries by the patents held within the company.!:-) The batteries that have become so critical in the next generation of batteries, electric cars,…
As BP oil spill trial resumes, lying accusations bubble up – CBS News: Everyone remembers the massive Gulf oil spill starting April 20, 2010 and 87 days of spillage. As we all watched the pictures from the surface oil slick and the underwater cameras at the well head, it was a tale of two oil spills. BP: trickle … => Media: deluge BP: gallons … => Media: barrels BP: creek => river But the truth…
