One Man’s Mission To Wean The World Off Oil

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One of the 100 most influential people of 2009 by Time magazine is a 42 year old Israeli businessman, Shai Agassi. Whom happens to be developing a global network of charging spots and “battery switch stations,” which will effectively work as gas stations for electric cars. He is a man on a mission to wean the world off it’s oil addiction and turn everyone into electric car drivers. With his California-based company, Better Place, Agassi has partnered with car maker Renault-Nissan to produce the first generation of emission-free electric cars, the Renault Fluence ZE design delivers comfort, styling and flexibility. The world’s first switchable battery electric car will be available in early 2011, which Agassi says “will not be more expensive than your average Sedan.” (more…)

Hurricanes and Snow Storms Are Getting Stronger And Lasting Longer

Home Sweet Home!

It’s 5:35 in the afternoon and for the last 10 hours we have been working on getting the generators up because power has been out since 2 in the morning. Kicking ourselves because the generators have not been prepped since Ike hit us 17 months before. But now they’re working and everybody is thawing out. Except for the noise and regretfully, the noxious exhaust, everything is like normal because home is an RV.

A local news channel always ends the newscast with one of the anchors giving his ignorant 2 cents on whatever His Arrogance deems worthy of his biting critique.

Sure enough, he is now spouting a fact that the snow and ice we are experiencing in East Texas, (which would be normal in Minot, North Dakota), is proof that global warming is nonexistent and made up by followers of Al Gore to make him a billionaire. ??? — WHAT? — Really?!! — Oh good! My middle finger just came back to life. Hope the rest of my digits follow suit, that could be embarrassing.

Only way out!

People please, nobody said only the tropical storms would get worse. ALL STORMS are getting STRONGER and LONGER. The same words that have been said all along. And as for you Mr. Head-In-The-Sand, the Earth is annoyed and like a flea on a dog, she will scratch your pompous ass right off her surface, too bad she will take the rest of us with you.

Mother Nature will right herself, one extreme way or another.

… as the green future unfolds.

The Future Is Here When Fun Finds The Green Innovation

Since May 2008 the innovative tide-harnessing turbine known as SeaGen has been securely in place, linked up to the grid, and turning the rapid ebbs and flows of Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough into green electricity. The largest tidal stream power device in the world it is the first tidal turbine to generate energy on a commercial scale and has been rated (more…)

The Princeton Review Gives 697 Colleges “Green” Ratings

The Princeton Review is known for its education services helping students choose and get into colleges. On July 27 it reported its second annual Green Ratings of colleges: a measure of how environmentally friendly the institutions are on a scale of 60 to 99.

Green Ratings for 697 institutions based on data it collected from the colleges in 2008-09 concerning their environmentally related policies, practices, and academic offerings. (more…)

Green Shuttle?

As eco-friendly or green cars hit the streets, will there be a need to re-write the laws for taxis? The fight has begun in Houston, Texas with a new company called Rev Houston. It was started in April of 2008 by Erik Ibarra and his brother. They have 3 small electric cars on the streets of downtown and midtown Houston, picking up passenger who TIP instead of paying a metered fare for short trips. (more…)

I thought I would do something different for today. As I have been surfing around the internet, I have found It’s a Blu World.

Since the weather has turned hot and energy is being consumed, they even have an energy drink called Blu Frog Healthy Energy. Remember to recycle the cans when done consuming. It is always a good green thing to do!

Are you a contest fan? Well, the folks at BluFrog have a few to select from.

o BluGamer: The Ultimate Gaming Package
o Happy Blu-Year: Win A New Years Trip to NY
o Blullapalooza: Win A Trip to Lolapalloza in Chicago
o BluStreak: Win A Richard Petty Racing Experience
o XtremeBLU: Win A Trip To The Winter X Games in Aspen

All you have to do is select which one you would like to enter, up to 3 times, and wait for the results.

You can enter by either Twittering, a blog post or just a blog comment.

I think I am going to try to win the XtremeBLU trip to Aspen. I have not seen snow in quite a while and would love to just hear the crunch under my feet again! Along with seeing some of the sports that have been super-sized since my days. Not to mention enjoying the feel of temperatures below 100 degrees!

So have some fun, visit BluFrog and be sure to enter to win!
(Contest Rules Here)

Phrases like “real food” and “farm-to-table” may sound like elitist jargon tossed around at upscale restaurants. But the country’s top chefs, several of whom traveled to Washington for Obama’s inauguration this week, hope that Obama’s flair for good food will encourage people to expand their horizons when it comes to what they eat.

These chefs tout locally grown, environmentally friendly and — most importantly — nutritious food. They urge diners, even those who may never be able to afford to eat at their restaurants, to grow their own vegetables, shop at farmer’s markets and pay attention to where their food comes from. (more…)