An Entire Apartment’s Furniture in One Small Box
Now that is impressive. “Casulo won the ‘Abraham & David Roentgen Award’ in November 2007…” for this room in a box. There’s also a video of two guys setting it up.
An Entire Apartment’s Furniture in One Small Box
Now that is impressive. “Casulo won the ‘Abraham & David Roentgen Award’ in November 2007…” for this room in a box. There’s also a video of two guys setting it up.
Ask for a re-usable cup
At Saxby's today I asked for a re-usable cup… Highly recommended if you plan on staying the entire period of the drink… Every little bit help the Earth.
Relic thefts ‘huge crime problem’ in U.S. parks
Theft of artifacts and relics is robbing not only the US Parks System, but everybody who visits and recognizes the purpose and benefit of the parks for all. While I’m not surprise that things like this happen, heck it happens all over the world… but regardless…. Anyways… I don’t know on whom to place more blame, the actual thieves, those who purchase the relics, or to a less extend the government for not funding the Parks well enough those they can attempt to prevent this. I think overall my blame falls on those who purchase these relics, and that goes for all theft related events, from fine art to animal pelts. If no one was willing to purchase these items, then no one would profit from the actual theft of such objects… oh off my soap box….
Relic thefts ‘huge crime problem’ in U.S. parks
Theft of artifacts and relics is robbing not only the US Parks System, but everybody who visits and recognizes the purpose and benefit of the parks for all. While I’m not surprise that things like this happen, heck it happens all over the world… but regardless…. Anyways… I don’t know on whom to place more blame, the actual thieves, those who purchase the relics, or to a less extend the government for not funding the Parks well enough those they can attempt to prevent this. I think overall my blame falls on those who purchase these relics, and that goes for all theft related events, from fine art to animal pelts. If no one was willing to purchase these items, then no one would profit from the actual theft of such objects… oh off my soap box….
BRT vs LRT, issue of developing a mass transit
Tel-Aviv and Israel are in the process of developing a nationwide transit system. They come across a great question of which is better. Bus Rapid Transit(BRT) or Light Rail Transit(LRT) with arguments for and against both.
I’m not sure which side I ‘ride’ on. I’ve seen how bus systems work, I’ve seen how rail systems work. Personally I like the mix that they have in places like Rome and Istanbul…. Basically they have a dedicated line that has a rail/tran setup, but on the same dedicated roadway… both buses and taxis share it. This basically means that at all time the space is being used my a mass transit/car sharing community. I guess what I’m thinking is that there has to be a middle ground. Since it takes several years to dig and build a subway or LRT, but only a few months to build a street…. why not build the bus lanes, and then add tracks as time goes on…..
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Wired: Garbage In, Garden Out: Inside the High Tech Trash Disassembly Line
Now here is a concept… why we try to separate the two entities is beyond me… it is all ‘trash’ some is just more useful than others… actually it is all re-usable. Maybe the term shouldn’t be recycle and refuse centers… maybe is should be ‘waste reuse centers’ or something… anyways I like this plant… it separates recyclable material (materials that can be reprocessed and used again) and then makes use of other materials in what ever way it can, in particular energy generation, and not only for themselves but the neighboring grid. Now I know the price tag is pretty big, but somehow I just think that we’d see the benefit long before we saw the cost.
So anyone want to take bets on if we will ever see a plant like this in the US?
April 21, 2008 Posted by nickc321 | commentary, environment, news | | No Comments Yet