Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Why be a vegetarian?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I haven’t been able to find the source of this list of reasons why go vegetarian. I see it all over the web, but I think it’s very well said and it’s worth spreading the word. If anyone knows where it’s from, please let me know so I could link back to the original site.

ONE HUNDRED & ONE REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN

PEOPLE
Every year in the UK we feed our livestock enough food to feed 250,000,000 people while in the world 30,000,000 people die of starvation
20 vegetarians can live off the land required by one meat eater
Every 3 seconds a child dies of starvation somewhere in the world
If Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10% it would free 12,000,000 tons of grain - enough to feed 60,000,000 people (the population of Great Britain) (more…)

My New Electric Bike

Monday, April 14th, 2008

cb-v8.jpgI finally bought my first fully electric vehicle: an electric scooter. I rode it home from downtown, about 30 km distance and I did not use a drop of gas. It probably cost me about 5 cents to get home.

To fully charge its batteries takes 4-6 hours and costs about 10-15 cents. A full charge seems to be more than enough for me to get to places in the city. I imagine that a single charge will be enough to get me to work and back, though the bike storage at my office has a wall outlet so I could charge my bike there, and will too… Why risk it for nothing eh? (more…)

Saving the Environment

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

After owning and driving large trucks and SUV’s for several years I decided to change for the better and take on a new project to help similar thinking people saving the environment by reducing greenhouse gases spread in the air by my vehicles and saving energy. The whole thing started when filling up my 6L Yukon XL 2500’s nearly 150L tank, I realized how much money I waste every day on fuel, though most of the time I was traveling alone in the 8-seater monster. (more…)