Conservation Archive
Can You Live Without a Lawn?
In a typical suburban home, the lawn consumes more water than just about anything else. A thousand square foot lawn watered for fifteen minutes, three times a week uses about 5,400 gallons of water per month.
In desert climates, lawn is especially inappropriate. Albuquerque, NM averages less than nine inches of rainfall per year, but Kentucky [...]
FreeCycle
There are a growing number of options available to you for getting rid of unwanted items.
You can sell them on sites like eBay or have your own yardsale.
You can donate to charities like GoodWill.
You can give items away to needy friends and family
You can haul them to the dump or the recycler.
Each of these options [...]
Be Careful With Your Greywater
I have posted a few times on water conservation. It is time to take it a step further.
In many areas of the country you are not only being charged with your incomming water use, but also for your waste water discharge. This has just started in my area and my water bill has tripled. So [...]
Electricity vs Gasoline
I have seen several news stories and posts about how electric vehicles actually produce more pollution than gasoline powered cars. The arguement is that because “most” of our electricity is produced by burning coal, the increased electric useage is putting more pollutants into the air.
So far I have not found anyone who has done an [...]
The Vectrix Preview
I found a dealer for the Vectrix scooter pretty close to home. Marin BMW only started selling the Vectrix in July. They are 23 miles from my home.
We drove down on Saturday and checked out the place. Your standard array of beemers and two Vectrix scooters (it seems they have been selling out all their shipments [...]
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